Large-scale fire resistance tests on sandwich composites

International SAMPE Technical Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1503-1517

  Lattimer, Brian Y ^a   Ouellette, Jason ^a   Sorathia, Usman ^b  

^a JENSEN HUGHES   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Fire Resistance; Sandwich Composites

Indexed keywords

FIRE INSULATION; SANDWICH COMPOSITES; SMOKE PRODUCTION; TOXIC GAS GENERATION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ESTERS; GLASS TRANSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; INSULATION; SMOKE; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

FIRE RESISTANCE;

EID: 4544357297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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