Property estimation for pyrolysis modeling applied to polyester FRP composites with different glass contents

Conference Proceedings - Fire and Materials 2009, 11th International Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kim, Esther ^a   Lautenberger, Chris ^b   Dembsey, Nicholas ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE SLAB; COMPOSITES INDUSTRY; DECOMPOSITION KINETICS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE CONDITION; FIRE PROPAGATION; FIRE TESTS; FRP COMPOSITE; GENETIC-ALGORITHM OPTIMIZATIONS; GLASS CONTENT; INTERNAL TEMPERATURE; MASS LOSS; NITROGEN ENVIRONMENT; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; OPTIMIZATION ROUTINE; PROPERTY ESTIMATION; PYROLYSIS MODEL; PYROLYSIS MODELING; SIMULATED RESULTS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; UNSATURATED POLYESTER;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESTERS; ESTIMATION; EXHIBITIONS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIRES; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

GLASS;

EID: 84872517032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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