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The quadratic failure criterion, which is intended to predict fracture, may be used as an object function for optimal stacking sequence design of laminated plate. However, calculations using a symmetric laminated plate demonstrate that Tsai-Wu theory may give incorrect optimum predictions under uniaxial loading.
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Kim, C.W., Song, S.R., Hwang, W. et al. On the failure indices of quadratic failure criteria for optimal stacking sequence design of laminated plate. Appl Compos Mater 1, 81–85 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00567214
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