Improving the fire performance characteristics of composite materials for naval applications

Conference Papers - Fire and Materials 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Sorathia, Usman ^a   Perez, Ignacio ^b  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Fire; Flammability; FRP; Heat release rate

Indexed keywords

CARBON REINFORCEMENTS; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS; FIRE INSULATION; FIRE PERFORMANCE; FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM; FLAME-RESISTANT; FRP; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); INHERENT CHARACTERISTICS; LOW COSTS; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCESSING; MATRIX-BASED COMPOSITES; MILITARY PERSONNELS; MILITARY SYSTEMS; NAVAL APPLICATIONS; RESIN SYSTEMS; SANDWICH COMPOSITES; SCREENING TESTS; SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCHES; SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS; STIFFNESS-TO-WEIGHT RATIOS; SUBMARINE APPLICATIONS; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; VINYL ESTERS; WATER MIST;

ALUMINUM; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE PROTECTION; FLAMMABILITY; HYDROCARBON REFINING; HYDROCARBONS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; SHIPS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TESTING;

FIRES;

EID: 84872946655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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