Thermal response to fire of a fibre-reinforced sandwich panel: Model formulation, selection of intrinsic properties and experimental validation

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1267-1280

  Galgano, Antonio ^a   Di Blasi, Colomba ^a   Branca, Carmen ^b   Milella, Eva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c IMAST   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fire response; Glass reinforced plastics; Mathematical modelling; Sandwich panels

Indexed keywords

ABLATION REGIME; ARRHENIUS; COMBUSTION REACTIONS; COMPOSITE PLATES; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; CONVECTION AND CONDUCTION; CONVECTIVE MASS TRANSFER; CONVERSION PROCESS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; DECOMPOSITION REACTION; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FIRST-ORDER; GLASS LAYERS; GLASS REINFORCED PLASTICS; HEATING REGIMES; HYDROCARBON FLAMES; IN-BETWEEN; INTRINSIC KINETIC PARAMETERS; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MODEL FORMULATION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MOISTURE EVAPORATION; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RAPID CONVERSION; SANDWICH MATERIALS; SANDWICH PANEL; SANDWICH PANELS; SIMULATED PROCESS; SLOW HEATING; SURFACE COLLAPSE; SURFACE HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL RESPONSE; THIN SURFACE LAYER;

ABLATION; ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ELASTOMERS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIRES; GLASS FIBERS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; HYDROCARBONS; PLASTICITY; POLYESTERS; PULTRUSION; REACTION RATES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SKIN; STRUCTURAL PANELS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACES; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 67349163297     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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