ASTM C1783-15
Standard Guide for Development of Specifications for Fiber Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Composite Structures for Nuclear Applications

Standard No.

ASTM C1783-15

Release Date

2015

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

ASTM C1783-15(2024)

Latest

ASTM C1783-15(2024)

Scope

4.1 Composite materials consist by definition of a reinforcement phase in a matrix phase. In addition, carbon-carbon composites often contain measurable porosity which interacts with the reinforcement and matrix. The composition and structure of the C-C composite are commonly tailored for a specific application with detailed performance requirements. The tailoring involves the selection of the reinforcement fibers (composition, properties, morphology, etc), the matrix (composition, properties, and morphology), the composite structure (component fractions, reinforcement architecture, porosity structure, microstructure, etc.), and the fabrication conditions (forming, assembly, forming, densification, finishing, etc.). The final engineering properties (physical, mechanical, thermal, electrical, etc.) can be tailored across a broad range with major directional anisotropy in the properties.

4.2 Specifications for specific C-C composite components covering materials, material processing, and fabrication procedures are developed to provide a basis for fabricating reproducible and reliable structures. Designer/users/producers have to write C-C composite specifications for specific applications with well-defined composition, structure, properties and processing requirements. But with the extensive breadth of selection in composition, structure, and properties in C-C composites, it is virtually impossible to write a "generic" composite specification applicable to any and all C-C composite applications that has the same type of structure and details of the commonly-used specifications for metal alloys. This guide is written to assist the designer/user/producer in developing a comprehensive and detailed material specification for a specific CMC application/component with a particular focus on nuclear applications.

4.3 The purpose of this guide is to provide guidance on how to specify the constituents, the structure, the desired engineering properties (physical, chemical, mechanical, durability, etc), methods of testing, manufacturing process requirements, the quality assurance requirements, and traceability for C-C composites for nuclear reactor applications. The resulting specification may be used for the design, production, evaluation, and qualification of C-C composites for structures in nuclear reactors.

4.4 The guide is applicable to C-C composites with flat plate, rectangular bar, round rod, and round tube geometries.

4.5 This guide may also be applicable to the development of specifications for C-C composites used for other structural applications, discounting the nuclear-specific chemical purity and irradiation behavior requirements.

1.1 This document is a guide to preparing material specifications for fiber reinforced carbon-carbon (C-C) composite structures (flat plates, rectangular bars, round rods, and tubes) manufactured specifically for structural components in nuclear reactor core applications. The carbon-carbon composites consist of carbon/graphite fibers (from PAN, pitch, or rayon precursors) in a carbon/graphite matrix produced by liquid infiltration/pyrolysis and/or by chemical vapor infiltration.

1.2 This guide provides direction and guidance for the development of a material specification for a specific C-C composite c......

ASTM C1783-15 Referenced Document

• ASME B46.1-2009 Surface Texture (Surface Roughness, Waviness, and Lay) ( - 2009)
• ASTM C1039 Standard Test Methods for Apparent Porosity, Apparent Specific Gravity, and Bulk Density of Graphite Electrodes
• ASTM C1179 Standard Test Method for Oxidation Mass Loss of Manufactured Carbon and Graphite Materials in Air
• ASTM C1198 Standard Test Method for Dynamic Young's Modulus, Shear Modulus, and Poisson's Ratio for Advanced Ceramics by Sonic Resonance
• ASTM C1233 Standard Practice for Determining Equivalent Boron Contents of Nuclear Materials
• ASTM C1239 Standard Practice for Reporting Uniaxial Strength Data and Estimating Weibull Distribution Parameters for Advanced Ceramics
• ASTM C1259 Standard Test Method for Dynamic Young''s Modulus, Shear Modulus, and Poisson''s Ratio for Advanced Ceramics by Impulse Excitation of Vibration
• ASTM C1274 Standard Test Method for Advanced Ceramic Specific Surface Area by Physical Adsorption
• ASTM C1275 Standard Test Method for Monotonic Tensile Behavior of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramics with Solid Rectangular Cross-Section Test Specimens at Ambient Temperature*， 2024-04-20 Update
• ASTM C1291 Standard Test Method for Elevated Temperature Tensile Creep Strain, Creep Strain Rate, and Creep Time to Failure for Monolithic Advanced Ceramics
• ASTM C1292 Standard Test Method for Shear Strength of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramics at Ambient Temperatures
• ASTM C1337 Standard Test Method for Creep and Creep Rupture of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Composites under Tensile Loading at Elevated Temperatures
• ASTM C1341 Standard Test Method for Flexural Properties of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramic Composites
• ASTM C1358 Standard Test Method for Monotonic Compressive Strength Testing of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramics with Solid Rectangular Cross-Section Specimens at Ambient Temperatures
• ASTM C1359 Standard Test Method for Monotonic Tensile Strength Testing of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramics With Solid Rectangular Cross-Section Specimens at Elevated Temperatures
• ASTM C1360 Standard Practice for Constant-Amplitude, Axial, Tension-Tension Cyclic Fatigue of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramics at Ambient Temperatures
• ASTM C1425 Standard Test Method for Interlaminar Shear Strength of 1-D and 2-D Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramics at Elevated Temperatures
• ASTM C1468 Standard Test Method for Transthickness Tensile Strength of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramics at Ambient Temperature
• ASTM C1470 Standard Guide for Testing the Thermal Properties of Advanced Ceramics
• ASTM C1525 Standard Test Method for Determination of Thermal Shock Resistance for Advanced Ceramics by Water Quenching
• ASTM C1557 Standard Test Method for Tensile Strength and Young's Modulus of Fibers
• ASTM C1683 Standard Practice for Size Scaling of Tensile Strengths Using Weibull Statistics for Advanced Ceramics
• ASTM C242 Standard Terminology of Ceramic Whitewares and Related Products
• ASTM C559 Standard Test Method for Bulk Density by Physical Measurements of Manufactured Carbon and Graphite Articles
• ASTM C561 Standard Test Method for Ash in a Graphite Sample
• ASTM C577 Standard Test Method for Permeability of Refractories
• ASTM C611 Standard Test Method for Electrical Resistivity of Manufactured Carbon and Graphite Articles at Room Temperature
• ASTM C625 Standard Practice for Reporting Irradiation Results on Graphite
• ASTM C709 Standard Terminology Relating to Manufactured Carbon and Graphite
• ASTM C714 Standard Test Method for Thermal Diffusivity of Carbon and Graphite by a Thermal Pulse Method
• ASTM C769 Standard Test Method for Sonic Velocity in Manufactured Carbon and Graphite Materials for Use in Obtaining an Approximate Young''s Modulus
• ASTM C816 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Graphite by Combustion-Iodometric Titration Method
• ASTM C838 Standard Test Method for Bulk Density of As-Manufactured Carbon and Graphite Shapes
• ASTM D2766 Standard Test Method for Specific Heat of Liquids and Solids
• ASTM D3171 Standard Test Methods for Constituent Content of Composite Materials
• ASTM D3529/D3529M Standard Test Method for Matrix Solids Content and Matrix Content of Composite Prepreg
• ASTM D3800 Standard Test Method for Density of High-Modulus Fibers
• ASTM D3878 Standard Terminology Composite Materials
• ASTM D4018 Standard Test Methods for Properties of Continuous Filament Carbon and Graphite Fiber Tows
• ASTM D4284 Standard Test Method for Determining Pore Volume Distribution of Catalysts and Catalyst Carriers by Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry
• ASTM D4850 Standard Terminology Relating to Fabrics and Fabric Test Methods
• ASTM D5528 Standard Test Method for Mode I Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites
• ASTM D5600 Standard Test Method for Trace Metals in Petroleum Coke by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
• ASTM D5766/D5766M Standard Test Method for Open Hole Tensile Strength of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates
• ASTM D5961/D5961M Standard Test Method for Bearing Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates
• ASTM D6484/D6484M Standard Test Method for Open-Hole Compressive Strength of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates
• ASTM D6507 Standard Practice for Fiber Reinforcement Orientation Codes for Composite Materials
• ASTM D6671 Standards Test Method for Mixed Mode I-Mode II Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Unidirectional Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites
• ASTM D7136/D7136M Standard Test Method for Measuring the Damage Resistance of a Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite to a Drop-Weight Impact Event
• ASTM D7137/D7137M Standard Test Method for Compressive Residual Strength Properties of Damaged Polymer Matrix Composite Plates
• ASTM D7219 Standard Specification for Isotropic and Near-isotropic Nuclear Graphites
• ASTM D7542 Standard Test Method for Air Oxidation of Carbon and Graphite in the Kinetic Regime
• ASTM E111 Standard Test Method for Young''s Modulus, Tangent Modulus, and Chord Modulus
• ASTM E1269 Standard Test Method for Determining Specific Heat Capacity by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
• ASTM E1309 Standard Guide for Identification of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Matrix Composite Materials in Databases
• ASTM E132 Standard Test Method for Poisson''s Ratio at Room Temperature
• ASTM E143 Standard Test Method for Shear Modulus at Room Temperature
• ASTM E1461 Standard Test Method for Thermal Diffusivity of Solids by the Flash Method
• ASTM E1922 Standard Test Method for Translaminar Fracture Toughness of Laminated Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
• ASTM E228 Standard Test Method for Linear Thermal Expansion of Solid Materials With a Vitreous Silica Dilatometer
• ASTM E2586 Standard Practice for Calculating and Using Basic Statistics
• ASTM E261 Standard Practice for Determining Neutron Fluence, Fluence Rate, and Spectra by Radioactivation Techniques
• ASTM E289 Standard Test Method for Linear Thermal Expansion of Rigid Solids with Interferometry
• ASTM E408 Standard Test Methods for Total Normal Emittance of Surfaces Using Inspection-Meter Techniques
• ASTM E423 Standard Test Method for Normal Spectral Emittance at Elevated Temperatures of Nonconducting Specimens
• ASTM E6 Standard Terminology Relating to Methods of Mechanical Testing

ASTM C1783-15 history

• 2024 ASTM C1783-15(2024) Standard Guide for Development of Specifications for Fiber Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Composite Structures for Nuclear Applications
• 2015 ASTM C1783-15 Standard Guide for Development of Specifications for Fiber Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Composite Structures for Nuclear Applications