Fire-endurance tests of dual-wall fiberglass-resin composite pipe

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-299

  Montestruc, Alfred N ^a   Stubblefield, Michael A ^a   Pang, Su Seng ^a   Cundy, Vie A ^b   Lea, Richard H ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^c Specialty Plastics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

A. polymer matrix composites (PMCs); D. thermal analysis; Fire resistance

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; FIRE RESISTANCE; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; PIPE; POLYMERS; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

DUAL WALL PIPES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMC);

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0030721329     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(96)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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