Metal laminated composite (MLC) have attracted widespread attention for their potential in achieving excellent properties. However, damage and failure are more likely to occur during the plastic deformation due to the existence of the interface region, leading to serious safety disasters. Thus, it is essential to research the damage mechanism accurately in order to instruct the practical design of the composite structures. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the experimental methods, various failure criteria and the finite element analysis for studying the damage behavior of the MLC. Some advanced failure criteria such as the cohesive theory and the Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman (GTN) model which are used to predict the damage behavior of interface region and metal matrix of the MLC are discussed. The establishment of exponential cohesive/shear modified GTN mixed model are expected to accelerate the damage mechanism analysis of the MLC.

金属层压复合材料（MLC）由于具有实现优异性能的潜力而备受关注。然而，由于界面区域的存在，在塑性变形期间更容易发生损坏和破坏，从而导致严重的安全事故。因此，有必要准确地研究损伤机理，以指导复合结构的实际设计。本文对研究MLC的损伤行为的实验方法，各种失效准则和有限元分析进行了全面的综述。讨论了一些先进的失效准则，例如内聚理论和Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman（GTN）模型，这些准则用于预测MLC的界面区域和金属基质的损伤行为。