A three-dimensional woven composite strength model is presented for predicting the failure behavior of three-dimensional angle interlock woven composites under on-axis uniaxial static tensile loading and shear loading. The model is based on two-level discretization of the repeating unit cell. The repeating unit cell is discretized into sections, elements, subsections and subelements. The model predicts the stress levels at which the secondary failures take place at subelementlevel. The effectof secondary failure is considered for further analysis and the ultimate tensile strength and shear strength and the corresponding strains are predicted. A parametric study has been carried out for different 3D angle interlock woven composite configurations.
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