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Tensile and Shear Fracture Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Plastics at 77k Irradiated by Various Radiation Sources

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The influence of radiation damage (gamma and neutrons) on the mechanical properties of fiber reinforced plastics (FRPs) has been investigated. Different types of FRPs (two or three dimensional E-, S- or T-glass fiber reinforcement, epoxy or bismaleimide resin) have been irradiated at room temperature with 2 MeV electrons and 60Co γ—rays up to 1.8×108 Gy as well as with different reactor spectra up to a fast neutron fluence of 5×1022m−2(E > 0.1 MeV). Tensile and intralaminar shear tests were carried out on the irradiated samples at 77 K. Some samples were irradiated at 5 K and tested at 77 K with and without an annealing cycle to room temperature. The results on the influence of these radiation conditions and of the warm-up cycles on the mechanical properties of all FRPs are compared and discussed.

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  1. Atominstitut der Österreichischen Universitäten, A-1020, Wien, Austria

    Karl Humer & Harald W. Weber

  2. Institut für Angewandte und Technische Physik, TU Wien, A-1040, Wien, Austria

    Elmar K. Tschegg

  3. Takasaki Radiation Chemistry Research Establishment, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Takasaki-shi, Gunma, 370-12, Japan

    Shigenori Egusa

  4. Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Science Division, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA

    Robert C. Birtcher

  5. Fakultät für Physik, E 21, TU München, D-8046, Garching, Germany

    Heiko Gerstenberg

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  1. Cryogenic Materials, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, USA

    Richard P. Reed

  2. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, USA

    Fred R. Fickett

  3. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

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Humer, K., Weber, H.W., Tschegg, E.K., Egusa, S., Birtcher, R.C., Gerstenberg, H. (1994). Tensile and Shear Fracture Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Plastics at 77k Irradiated by Various Radiation Sources. In: Reed, R.P., Fickett, F.R., Summers, L.T., Stieg, M. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Materials . An International Cryogenic Materials Conference Publication, vol 40. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9053-5_129

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