Mechanical performance of heat/fire damaged novel flame retardant glass-reinforced epoxy composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 863-873

  Kandola, B K ^a   Horrocks, A R ^a   Myler, P ^a   Blair, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hexcel Composites   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibres; B. High temperature properties; B. Mechanical properties; Flame retardancy

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CALORIMETERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GLASS; HEAT FLUX; TENSILE STRENGTH;

HEAT DAMAGED;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 0041629236     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(03)00156-8     Document Type: Article

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