Polyurethane foam response to fire in practical geometries

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-197

  Hobbs, Michael L ^a   Lemmon, Gordon H ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Discretization bias correction; Foam; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; HEAT FLUX; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; POLYURETHANES; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAIN; DISCRETIZATION BIAS CORRECTION; LATTICE STATISTICS; POLYURETHANE FOAM (PUF);

FOAMED PLASTICS;

EID: 2542502979     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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