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Old 23rd Jul 2013, 21:07
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Maybe twice as much as aluminium,
Your data is wrong.
Thermal coefficient of expansion of CFRP is about 5 times smaller than aluminium. (2.3 e-5 per degC for Al and 0.5 e-5 per degC for CFRP).
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