The effect of different passive fire protection systems on the fire reaction properties of GFRP pultruded profiles for civil construction

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-452

  Correia, João R ^a   Branco, Fernando A ^a   Ferreira, João G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. High temperature properties; B. Thermal properties; D. Thermal analysis; E. Pultrusion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SILICATES; CEMENT-BASED; CIVIL CONSTRUCTIONS; CONE CALORIMETER; E. PULTRUSIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIRE PROTECTION MATERIALS; FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM; FIRE REACTION; FIRE REACTION TEST; FIRE RESISTANCE REQUIREMENTS; INTUMESCENT COATING; PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS; PULTRUDED PROFILES; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

BUILDING CODES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SILICATE; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTS; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIREPROOFING; FIRES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PULTRUSION; SILICATES; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

FIRE RESISTANCE;

EID: 74149090858     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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