Fire endurance of loaded and liquid-cooled GFRP slabs for construction

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1055-1067

  Keller, Thomas ^a   Tracy, Craig ^a   Hugi, Erich ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibres; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); E. Pultrusion; Fire resistance

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; FIRE RESISTANCE; GLASS; PULTRUSION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AXIAL STRAINS; CELLULAR FULL-SCALE SLABS; LIQUID COOLING;

POLYMERS;

EID: 33748273546     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2005.03.030     Document Type: Article

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