Abstract
A newly developed Z fracture criterion for the composite materials was introduced, the new concepts of in-plane average strain, in-plane dilatational strain energy density factor and reciprocal characteristic function were presented. Many experimental results show that the Z fracture criterion can be well used to predict the crack propagating direction for mode I crack in carbon-fiber reinforced composite laminates.
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