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In this chapter the different kinds of damage and fracture are presented. Generally, tolerable damage should be distinguished from non-tolerable damage or fracture. Whether a certain kind of damage is tolerable for a structure or not has to be defined before the design starts. Some kinds of Inter Fiber Fracture (IFF) are tolerable for many applications. For fracture analysis this means that not only Fiber Fracture (FF) and Inter Fiber Fracture (IFF) have to be clearly distinguished by the used criteria, but also the mode of IFF (including the angle of the fracture plane) must be available as a result of the fracture analysis.
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(2008). Failure of laminates. In: Analysis of Failure in Fiber Polymer Laminates. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75765-8_2
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