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The thermal contraction down to cryogenic temperatures and compressive modulus in thickness direction of laminates have been improved aiming at the practical application to the large scale superconducting magnets. The properties in thickness direction are usually inferior to those in in-plane direction because they are mainly controlled by the matrix of the composites. The improvement of the characteristics in the thickness direction was tried by means of either the use of filled matrix or the increase of volume fraction of glass fibers. Several kinds of fillers were evaluated changing the size, shape and distribution of size. The thermal and mechanical properties of the filled epoxies were examined to decide the desirable filled matrix. The volume fraction of glass fibers was also increased up to 65%. The compressive modulus and the thermal contraction of the improved GFRP in thickness direction was confirmed to show 0.3% and 18GPa, respectively.
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Nishijima, S., Nojima, K., Asano, K., Nakahira, A., Okada, T., Niihara, K. (1994). Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics for Cryogenic Use: Improvement of Thermal Contraction and Elastic Modulus in Thickness Direction. 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_133
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