The World Wide Failure Exercise II Examination of Results

The years long in preparation World Wide Failure Exercise II has been completed and the final results and conclusions published. The overall purpose of the World Wide Failure Exercise II was to evaluate the failure criteria/failure theories to be used in the analysis of fiber composite materials. An in-depth consideration of the results from the failure exercise is laid out here. Many critical issues are examined and the status and significance of the World Wide Failure Exercise II is assessed. These results may be of interest and use to researchers and practitioners in the field of composite materials and structures.