Fiber-reinforced epoxy composites exposed to high temperature environments. Part II: Modeling mechanical property degradation

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1511-1521

  Kandare, Everson ^a,b   Kandola, Baljinder K ^a   McCarthy, Edward D ^a   Myler, Peter ^a   Edwards, Gerard ^a   Jifeng, Yong ^c   Wang, Yong C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flame retarded epoxy composites; Heat and fire resistance; Heat transfer model; Thermo mechanical modeling

Indexed keywords

AFTER-HEAT; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EPOXY COMPOSITE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPOSURE PERIOD; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FLAME-RETARDED; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FLEXURAL STIFFNESS; GLASS FIBER-REINFORCED EPOXY; HEAT AND FIRE RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT; MASS LOSS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MECHANICS MODELS; MELAMINE PHOSPHATE; MODEL-BASED OPC; POST-FIRE; PROPERTY DEGRADATION; RADIANT HEAT; RESIN MATRIX; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL RESULT; THERMO-MECHANICAL; THERMOMECHANICAL MODEL; THERMOMECHANICAL MODELING; THROUGH-THICKNESS TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

FLAME RESISTANCE; GLASS FIBERS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; STIFFNESS; USER INTERFACES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 80051920213     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998310385024     Document Type: Article

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