Experimental results on the thermal contact resistance of G-10CR composites at cryogenic temperatures
The composite material G-10CR, an epoxy resin laminate reinforced with glass filaments, is widely used in cryogenic structures, especially where thermal insulation is required. The thermal contact resistance, or its inverse, the thermal contact conductance, at a G-10CR/G-10CR interface has not previously been investigated at cryogenic temperatures. Consequently, an experimental apparatus was designed and constructed to permit measurements of the thermal contact conductance over a temperature range from 10 to 300 K, while enabling a controlled contact pressure to be applied. Such measurements for these composite materials indicated that the fiber orientation, plays a crucial role in determining the thermal contact conductance, which is greatest in the warp direction, where the glass fibers offer a high-thermal-conductance path for heat flow in parallel to the epoxy matrix. Typical results demonstrating the effect of fiber orientation on thermal contact conductance are displayed. The dimensionless contact conductance was shown to vary with dimensionless contact pressure with a power-law exponent near 0.28, in broad agreement with other data reported for graphite fiber composites.
- Research Organization:
- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 20034213
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5th ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, San Diego, CA (US), 03/14/1999--03/19/1999; Other Information: 1 CD-ROM. Operating system required: Windows i386(tm), i486(tm), Pentium (R) or Pentium Pro, MS Windows 3.1, 95, or NT 3.51, 8 MB RAM, MacIntosh and Power MacIntosh with a 68020 or greater processor, System software version 7.1, 3.5 MB RAM (5 MB for PowerMac) 6 MB available hard-disk space, Unix; PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 5th ASME/JSME thermal engineering joint conference, [3600] pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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