A Survey on Yield Criteria for Polymer Matrix Fiber-Reinforced Composites

Because of their mechanical properties, composite/compound materials have been adapted in numerous products and industries. To facilitate the introduction of these materials to different applications, predicting their behaviors under mechanical loads is of great interest. Considering their nonlinear and anisotropic deformations through different loading scenarios, predicting their yield/failure point with precision is challenging. Nonetheless, in the past decades, several methods and criteria have been developed for predicting composites' behavior based on their material combinations and the type of stress to which they are prone. As a meta-review, this paper will be surveying the saturated trends on the criteria which have been developed for polymer matrix composites (PMC), particularly those reinforced with fibers (FR). Due to the broad scope of the topic, the primary focus has been the identification of the correct failure criteria for polymer-matrix fiber-reinforced composites (PMFRC) in different projects, as the existing methods, depending on the application, may be far from predicting the outcome of the experiments. Based on this, the topic has broken down into several subsections to provide a road map in the literature, that would facilitate future studies on PMFRC to use the most proper criterion for specific applications.