Abstract
An applications methodology is synthesized from the research-based development of failure theory for orthotropic fiber composite laminates. In effect, this work continues and completes the work of Christensen (2017, “Lamination Theory for the Strength of Fiber Composite Materials,” ASME J. Appl. Mech., 84(7), p. 071007). This failure theory applies for the condition of fiber-dominated behavior, appropriate to carbon fiber—polymeric matrix composites and such similar systems. A lamination theory for stiffness and a separate lamination theory for strength are the outcomes derived here. Final forms are given for 0, 90, ± 45 type orthotropic laminates, with the four lamina orientation volume fractions to be specified in any particular application of interest. Many examples are given of using the new methodology in specific design cases.
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