Improving the fire safety of composite materials for naval applications

International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings)

Volumn 49, Issue , 2004, Pages 1257-1270

  Sorathia, Usman ^a   Perez, Ignacio ^b  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite Materials; Flammability; Heat Release Rate

Indexed keywords

FIRE SAFETY; HEAT RELEASE RATE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; WEIGHT RATIO;

CHEMICAL ATTACK; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CYCLIC LOADS; FIRE PROTECTION; FLAMMABILITY; HYDROCARBONS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; NAVAL ARCHITECTURE; SUBMARINES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 23844482955     PISSN: 08910138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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