Fatigue of short fiber thermoplastic composites: A review of recent experimental results and analysis

Cyclic deformation and fatigue behavior of two short fiber thermoplastic composites (SFTCs) under a number of loading and environmental conditions are investigated. The considered environmental effects include those of low and elevated temperatures as well as moisture (or water absorption). Fatigue behavior is also explored under the action of non-zero mean stress (or R ratio) in addition to fully-reversed (R = −1), as well as various cyclic...