Fire response and mechanical behavior of polysialate syntactic foams

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-84

  Papakonstantinou, Christos G ^a   Giancaspro, James W ^b   Balaguru, Perumalsamy N ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^c Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Foams; B. Mechanical properties; B. Thermal properties; D. Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

FIRES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; POLYSTYRENES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

INORGANIC MATRIX; POLYSIALATE MATRIX; POLYSIALATE SYNTACTIC FOAMS;

FOAMS;

EID: 37049006495     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2007.08.029     Document Type: Article

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