VAMAS tests of structural materials on aluminum alloy and composite material at cryogenic temperatures
- National Research Institute for Metals, Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)
- Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton (United Kingdom)
A Technical Working Area 17, cryogenic structural materials, has been organized in the Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS) to promote the prestandardization program on material properties tests of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite materials and alloys at liquid helium temperature. A series of international interlaboratory comparisons of both tensile and fracture toughness tests for aluminum alloy 2219 and compression and shear tests for composite material G-10CR were performed. Nine research institutes from seven nations have participated in this project. The results prove that there are few problems in cryogenic tensile tests for alloy materials. In compression and shear tests, the amount of data scatter was identified and further experiments are planned. This paper presents the program details and interim results of round robin tests.
- OSTI ID:
- 476713
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950722-; ISSN 0065-2482; TRN: 97:009204
- Journal Information:
- Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, Vol. 42A; Conference: CEC/ICMC `95: cryogenic engineering conference and international cryogenic materials conference, Columbus, OH (United States), 17-21 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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