摘要
There are there great advances in the research on engineering strength theories in the latter half of the 20^th Century. The first advance was the devel-opment of strength theory from the single-shear strength theory including the Tresca yield criterion and Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion to theoctahe-dral-shear strength theory; the second one was that from the octahedral-shear strength theory to the twin-shear strength theory; and the third wasthe theories from the single criteria to the unifiedstrength theory. These three advances are summa-rized in this paper. It is interesting and useful for re-searchers to choose an appropriate failure criterion in studying the strength of materials and struc-tures, for engineers to correctly use it and for stu-dents to understand strength theory.
There are there great advances in the research on engineering strength theories in the latter half of the 20th Century. The first advance was the development of strength theory from the single -shear strength theory including the Tresca yield criterion and Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion to theoctahedral-shear strength theory; the second one was that from the octahedral -shear strength theory to the twin -shear strength theory; and the third was the theories from the single criteria to the unified strength theory. These three advances are summarized in this paper. It is interesting and useful for researchers to choose an appropriate failure criterion in studying the strength of materials and structures , for engineers to correctly use it and for students to understand strength theory.
