View a description of the failure modes for each failure criterion.
| Failure Criteria | Failure Modes |
|---|---|
| Max Strain | 1 - Transverse Failure, 2 - Shear Failure, 3 - Longitudinal Failure |
| Max Stress | 1 - Transverse Failure, 2 - Shear Failure, 3 - Longitudinal Failure |
| Tsai-Wu | 1 - Failure (Tsai-Wu does not differentiate between failure modes) |
| Tsai-Hill | 1 - Failure (Tsai-Hill does not differentiate between failure modes) |
| Hashin | 1 - Matrix Failure, 2 - Fiber Failure |
| Christensen | 1 - Matrix Failure, 2 - Fiber Failure |
| Puck | 1 - Matrix Failure, 2 - Fiber Failure |
| MCT (Uni) | 1 - Matrix Failure, 2 - Fiber Failure |