Abstract
Epoxy based glass fiber reinforced composites are candidate insulation systems for the superconducting magnet coils of fusion devices, e. g. of ITER. Because of their relatively low radiation hardness, the radiation-harder cyanate ester based systems have become of special interest for application in ITER and future fusion devices.This paper presents recent results obtained on pure cyanate ester and cyanate ester/epoxy blends reinforced with R-glass fibers/Kapton H foil. The systems were investigated at 77 K prior to and after irradiation at ambient temperature (340 K) to a fast neutron fluence of 1 × 1022 m−2 (E > 0.1 MeV) in the TRIGA reactor (Vienna). The mechanical material performance was characterized under static load conditions in tension and interlaminar shear. In addition, tension-tension fatigue measurements were carried out to simulate the pulsed operation of ITER and to assess the lifetime performance of these materials. The results show only slight mechanical degradations (by about 5 to 10%) after irradiation.
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