Thermal Life of Carbon Structures: From the Earth to after the Titan

Table 1

Material properties of UD CF/EP [4, 12].

Materials	Epoxy	Carbon fiber
Axial coefficient of thermal expansion (1/°C)	43.92e − 6	−0.83e − 6
Transverse coefficient of thermal expansion (1/°C)	43.92e − 6	6.84e − 6
Axial Poisson’s ratio	0.37	0.2
Transverse Poisson’s ratio	0.37	0.4
Axial elastic modulus (GPa)	4.35	377
Transverse elastic modulus (GPa)	4.35	6.21
Axial shear modulus (GPa)	1.59	7.59
Transverse shear modulus (GPa)	1.59	2.21
Volume fraction (%)	80.4	19.6