Review Article
Micromechanics of Cracked Laminates under Uniaxial Load: A Comparison between Approaches
Table 1
Comparison of boundary conditions of the four models analyzed in the present article.
| Boundary conditions governing shear lag model [12] |
| (i) Traction free crack surfaces | | (ii) Interlaminar shear stress symmetry condition | |
| Boundary conditions governing variational model [14] |
| (i) Symmetry | | (ii) Traction continuity | | | (iii) Traction-free end | | | (iv) Traction-free crack surfaces | | |
| Boundary conditions governing McCartney model [18] |
| (i) Perfect interlaminar bonding | | | (ii) Stress-free external surface of outer plies | | (iii) Symmetry about -axis | | (iv) Symmetry about -axis | | | (v) Stress-free crack surface | | (vi) Bridging outer plies | | |
| Boundary conditions governing SDM model [25] |
| (i) Symmetry about midplane | | (ii) Displacement condition at right face | | (iii) Fixture at left face | |
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