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Title: FISSION NEUTRON IRRADIATION EFFECT ON INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTH OF CYANATE ESTER RESIN GFRP AT RT AND 77 K

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3402293· OSTI ID:21371738
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  1. National Institute for Fusion Science, Fusion Engineering Research Center, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292 (Japan)
  2. University of Fukui, Research Institute of Nuclear Engineering, Fukui, Fukui, 910-8507 (Japan)
  3. Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University, Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 (Japan)
  4. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Fusion Research and Development Directorate, Naka, Ibaraki, 311-0193 (Japan)
  5. National Institute for Materials Science, Superconducting Materials Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047 (Japan)
  6. Tohoku University, Institute for Metals Research, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577 (Japan)

A glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) with cyanate ester resin was fabricated and neutron irradiation tests up to 1x10{sup 22} n/m{sup 2} of fast neutron with over 0.1 MeV energy were carried out in fission reactor. The fabrication process of cyanate ester GFRP was established and a collaboration network to perform investigations on irradiation effect of superconducting magnet materials was constructed. Three kinds of samples were fabricated. The first was CTD403 GFRP made by NIFS, the second was (cyanate ester+epoxy) GFRP provided by Toshiba, and the last was CTD403 GFRP made by Toshiba. The irradiation was carried out at JRR-3 in Japan Atomic Energy Agency using Rabbit capsules.After the irradiation, short beam tests were conducted at room temperature and 77 K and interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) was evaluated. The irradiation of 1x10{sup 21} n/m{sup 2} increased ILSS a little but 1x10{sup 22} n/m{sup 2} irradiation decreased ILSS to around 50 MPa. These tendencies were observed in all three kinds of GFRPs.

OSTI ID:
21371738
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1219, Issue 1; Conference: International cryogenic materials conference (ICMC) on advances in cryogenic engineering materials, Tucson, AZ (United States), 28 Jun - 2 Jul 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3402293; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English