Fire structural modeling of polymer composites with passive thermal barrier

Journal of Fire Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-160

  Feih, S ^a,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

Composites; Fire protection; Fire resistance

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPOSITE SUPPORTING; COMPOSITES; COMPRESSION LOADING; COMPRESSION LOADS; COMPRESSIVE LOADS; COUPLED THERMO-MECHANICAL; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FAILURE TIME; GLASS/VINYL ESTER; HEATING TIME; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INSULATION MATERIALS; INSULATION THICKNESS; MECHANICAL MODEL; POLYMER COMPOSITE; STRENGTH LOSS; STRUCTURAL MODELING; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL BARRIER; THERMAL BARRIER MATERIALS; THERMAL COMPONENT; THERMOMECHANICAL MODEL; THROUGH-THICKNESS TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; ESTERS; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE RESISTANCE; FIREPROOFING; FIRES; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 77952603223     PISSN: 07349041     EISSN: 15308049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734904109340878     Document Type: Article

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