5.3.8. Failure Criteria vs. Ply Type Table

The table below illustrates which failure criteria evaluates the safety of the different ply types.

Failure CriteriaPly Type
Regular (UD)WovenHomogeneous CoreHoneycomb CoreIsotropicAdhesiveSandwich
Max Strain√√     
Max Stress√√     
Tsai-Wu√√     
Tsai-Hill√√     
Hofmann√√     
Hashin√      
Puck√√ [1]     
Cuntze√      
LaRC√      
Wrinkling      √ [2]
Core Failure  √√   
Von Mises    √  
Shear Crimping  √√   
Shear Stress     √ [3] 
Peel Stress     √ [3] 

  1. In combination with Puck for Woven specifications. See the section Puck for Woven.

  2. Sandwich is a laminate with at least one core layer.

  3. Only available if the add-on "Adhesive Failure Criteria" is enabled in ACP.