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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1998
Somanath Nagendra, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Xianrui Huang, Florence, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A uniform stiffness laminated composite shell assembly includes a plurality of composite shells. The shells are made of layers of laminates of graphite-epoxy material having fibers oriented in various stacking sequences for performing different functions in the assembly. The shells are concentrically assembled in a desired sequence with some of the adjacent ones of the shells being at least equal to or greater in axial length than others thereof and with some of the shells being adapted to perform a structural load bearing function while others of the shells being adapted to perform a load transfer function. The desired sequence of shells of the composite shell assembly provides enhanced thermal insulating properties and efficient load distributing properties for enabling use of the assembly as a tube suspension in a superconductive magnet.