Glossary
Sizing of Hole and Joint in the Composite Structures

Comportement de membrane; membrane behavior

Behavior of a plate under plane loads with mirror symmetry.

Bending behavior

Behavior of a plate when loaded by bending moments or out-of-plane forces, or when not mirror-symmetrical.

Contrainte interlaminaire/intralaminaire; interlaminar/intralaminar stress

Stress between two consecutive folds (interlaminar) or within a fold (intralaminar).

Tsai-Hill criterium; Tsai-Hill criterium

Unidirectional ply failure criterion for Tsai-Hill composites. This criterion takes into account both matrix cracking and fiber fracture damage.

Yamada-Sun criterium; Yamada-Sun criterium

Yamada-Sun criterion for unidirectional composite ply failure. This criterion mainly takes into account fiber fracture damage.

Delamination

Cracking between two consecutive plies (usually in different directions) in...