Download or read book Analysis of Failure in Fiber Polymer Laminates written by Martin Knops and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Puck's pupil and appointed successor Martin Knops, this book presents Alfred Puck ́s failure model, which, among several other theories, predicts fracture limits best and describes the failure phenomena in FRP most realistically – as confirmed within the "World-wide Failure Exercise". Using Puck ́s model the composite engineer can follow the gradual failure process in a laminate and deduce from the results of the analysis how to improve the laminate design.