Fire safety of composites in the US Navy

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 707-713

  Sorathia, Usman ^a   Ness, John ^a   Blum, Michael ^a  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; EPOXY RESINS; FLAME RETARDANTS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; POLYESTERS; VINYL RESINS;

BROMINATED VINYL ESTER RESIN; FIRE SAFETY;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032666754     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(98)00112-2     Document Type: Article

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