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Fatigue characteristics of high glass content sheet molding compound (SMC) materials
Author(s) -
Mallick P. K.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
polymer composites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1548-0569
pISSN - 0272-8397
DOI - 10.1002/pc.750020105
Subject(s) - sheet moulding compound , materials science , composite material , glass fiber , molding (decorative) , polyester
Static and fatigue properties of high glass content sheet molding compound (SMC) materials were studied at various temperatures. It was shown that the matrix plays an important role in both fatigue characteristics and failure mechanism of such randomly oriented short fiber composites. Specifically, vinyl ester matrix shows better fatigue properties and post‐fatigue performance than the polyester system considered here.