Analysis of Failure in Fiber Polymer Laminates: The Theory of Alfred Puck

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.