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Does the ferrous metal cloth expand at a different rate than the reinforcing fiber?

April 26, 2017cloth different expand ferrous fiber metal rate reinforcing

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Does the ferrous metal cloth expand at a different rate than the reinforcing fiber?

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The Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) for the glass reinforcing fiber is 5.4×10^-6 (in/in/F) or .0000054. The CTE for the ferrous metal cloth used in the sleeve for MFL Smart Pig detection is 5.7×10^-6 (in/in/F) or .0000057. This difference is negligible. Examples of similar applications are glass fiber reinforced pipe, composite satellite dishes and some composite circuit board designs with wire heat sink material inside.