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The fatigue properties of plastics have attracted an increasing level of interest in recent years, as plastics have become more widely used in engineering applications. However, the problems of impact failure and solvent cracking are still regarded in the industry as being of far greater importance, and the amount of information available about the fatigue properties of specific polymer grades is at present rather limited. This is in marked contrast to the situation in metallurgical engineering, where it is recognised that dynamic fatigue is by far the commonest cause of failure. Fatigue testing requires the commitment of expensive equipment for long periods of time, and is undertaken only when there is a demonstrable need for the information. The number of applications of thermoplastics (as opposed to fibre composites) that have generated a demand for comprehensive fatigue data has so far been limited, but is likely to increase. At present, many fatigue failures of plastics probably go unrecognized.
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Bucknall, C.B. (1985). Fatigue of High-Impact Polymers. In: Walsh, D.J., Higgins, J.S., Maconnachie, A. (eds) Polymer Blends and Mixtures. NATO ASI Series, vol 89. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5101-3_18
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