Hill Criterion

Calculates the ply failure index according to the Hill (Tsai-Hill) theory.

Findex=σ21X2σ12X2+σ22Y2+τ212S2

Where, the failure parameters X and Y depends on the considered quadrant of the coordinate plane, being X=XT or X=XC if σ10 or σ1<0 and the same for Y .

Syntax

HillFT(tensor,xt,xc,yt,yc,s,sets,plies,elems,parts,props,pool_name,layer_index,opt_str)

Arguments

tensor
Stress table
xt
Allowable tensile stress in ply material direction 1
xc
Allowable compressive stress in ply material direction 1
yt
Allowable tensile stress in ply material direction 2
yc
Allowable compressive stress in ply material direction 2
s
Allowable in-plane shear stress
sets
Set table (D=NULL)
plies
Ply table (D=NULL)
elems
Element table (D)
parts
Part table (D)
props
Property table (D)
pool_name
Pool name (D=@current_pool)
layer_index
Layer index (D=@current_slice_index)
opt_str
This is an optional argument, which can passed if needed (D=option).