Tensile strength modeling of glass fiber-polymer composites in fire

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2387-2410

  Feih, S ^b   Mouritz, A P ^a   Mathys, Z ^c   Gibson, A G ^d  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire; Glass fibers; Modeling; Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); Thermomechanical properties

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DEGASSING; FIRE PROTECTION; GLASS FIBERS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; SOFTENING; TENSILE SOFTENING; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 35148899771     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998307075461     Document Type: Article

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