Post-fire flexural performance of epoxy-nanocomposite matrix glass fibre composites containing conventional flame retardants

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1389-1399

  Katsoulis, Charalampos ^a   Kandola, Baljinder K ^a   Myler, Peter ^a   Kandare, Everson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Flame retardants; A. GFR epoxy composites; B. Fire reaction properties; B. Post fire flexural properties

Indexed keywords

CHAR FORMATION; DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; EPOXY COMPOSITE; FIBRE REINFORCEMENTS; FIRE REACTION; FLEXURAL PERFORMANCE; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; FLEXURAL STIFFNESS; GLASS FIBRE COMPOSITES; MODULUS VALUES; NANO CLAYS; POST-FIRE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

BENDING STRENGTH; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; GLASS FIBERS; HEAT FLUX; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SILICATES;

FIRES;

EID: 84861334268     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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