Previous experimental results showed that a ceramic/superplastic laminate exhibited multiple cracking in ceramic layers during a three‐point bending test. In this work, a model analysis has been developed based on bending theory. It reveals that there are two basic processes that occur after a ceramic layer fractures: one is a relaxation process of the residual stress in the ceramic layer, due to the confinement by the superplastic layers; the other is a shear process of superplastic flow, which originates from the difference in strain rate between the fractured and unbroken ceramic layers. The total stress in an as‐fractured ceramic layer is the sum of the residual stress and a shear‐accumulated stress, depending on time. When the total stress at a critical distance from the fractured surface exceeds the fracture strength of a ceramic layer, new cracking occurs. There is a critical roller speed below which no multiple cracking occurs, depending on specimen dimensions and material properties. The number of multicracks in one ceramic layer decreases with the progress of the fracture in the laminate, due to the decrease in shear‐accumulated stress. The theoretical predications are in good agreement with the experimental results. Moreover, the variations in fracture energy of the laminate due to the multiple cracking are discussed in detail.