Strength Distribution of a Unidirectional Fiber Composite
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Composite Materials
- Vol. 12 (2) , 169-176
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002199837801200205
Abstract
Three existing strength criteria for composite materials have been ex tended to account for the statistical behavior of ultimate strength of glass- epoxy composites. The basic distribution functions for the longitudinal, the transverse and the in-plane shear strengths were obtained by fitting the experimental data into a two-parameter Weibull distribution. These three functions were then used to predict the strength distribution of the com posite under off-axis loads. Theoretical and experimental results were com pared and discussed.Keywords
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