Fatigue response of APC-2 composite laminates at elevated temperatures

The response of thermoplastic AS-4/PEEK composite laminates of two lay-ups, such as cross-ply and quasi-isotropy, subjected to tension-tension (T-T) fatigue loading at elevated temperatures was investigated. It is found that the ultimate strength of cross-ply laminate is higher than that of quasi-isotropic laminate at various temperatures, so does the fatigue strength. However, the slope of normalized stress vs. cycles curves in the quasi-isotropic laminates is higher than that of the cross-ply laminates at elevated temperatures. Finally, the simple semi-empirical predictive models in statistical analysis and multiple regressions are proposed and provided for design and application purposes.