Flexural failure analysis of angle-ply laminates of gfrp and cfrp

Abstract An exact solution of the strip equilibrium equations is combined with the Tsai-Hill failure criterion to facilitate an initial flexural failure analysis of uniformly-loaded, antisymmetrically-laminated, GFRP and CFRP angle-ply strips. Dimensionless, initial-failure data (that is, failure loads and their associated strip centre-line deflections) are presented for the practical range of fibre orientations, 15° ≤|θ| ≤ 75°, in strips comprising up to ten laminae.