Assessing the performance of intumescent coatings using bench-scaled cone calorimeter and finite difference simulations

Fire and Materials

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-205

  Bartholmai, M ^a   Schartel, Bernhard ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone calorimetry; Intumescent coatings; Numerical analysis; Small scale test furnace

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FURNACES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATION;

INTUMESCENT COATINGS; SMALL SCALE TEST FURNACE;

COATINGS;

EID: 34247553349     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.933     Document Type: Article

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