### 5.3.7. Failure Criteria vs. Ply Type Table

The table below illustrates which failure criteria evaluates the safety of the different ply types.

| Ply Type |  |  |  |  |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Failure Criteria | Regular (UD) | Woven | Homogeneous Core | Honeycomb Core | Isotropic | Sandwich
Max Strain | √ | √ |  |  |  |
Max Stress | √ | √ |  |  |  |
Tsai-Wu | √ | √ |  |  |  |
Tsai-Hill | √ | √ |  |  |  |
Hofmann | √ | √ |  |  |  |
Hashin | √ |  |  |  |  |
Puck | √ | √ [1] |  |  |  |
Cuntze | √ |  |  |  |  |
LaRC | √ |  |  |  |  |
Wrinkling |  |  |  |  |  | √ [2]
Core Failure |  |  | √ | √ |  |
Von Mises |  |  |  |  | √ |
Shear Crimping |  |  | √ | √ |  |

1. In combination with Puck for Woven specifications.

2. Sandwich is a laminate with at least one core layer.

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