TENSILE-STRENGTH OF FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS AT 77-K IRRADIATED BY VARIOUS RADIATION SOURCES

Authors
HUMER K WEBER HW TSCHEGG EK EGUSA S BIRTCHER RC GERSTENBERG H
Citation
K. Humer et al., TENSILE-STRENGTH OF FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS AT 77-K IRRADIATED BY VARIOUS RADIATION SOURCES, Journal of nuclear materials, 215, 1994, pp. 849-853
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Metallurgy & Mining","Material Science
Journal title
Journal of nuclear materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223115
Volume
215
Year of publication
1994
Part
A
Pages
849 - 853
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3115(1994)215:<849:TOFPA7>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The influence of radiation damage on the mechanical properties of fibe r reinforced plastics (FRPs) has been investigated. Three aspects of o ur results will be discussed in detail. The first is related to an ass essment of the tensile strength and its radiation dependence under the influence of strongly varying radiation conditions; the second to low temperature (similar to 5 K) reactor irradiation of selected material s. In this case, identical sets of tensile test samples were transferr ed into the tensile testing machine, one without warming-up to room te mperature and the other after an annealing cycle to room temperature. Finally, a comparison between the radiation response of different mate rials shows that the tensile properties of a three-dimensionally reinf orced bismaleimide degrade least under all irradiation conditions.