Effect of alumina nanoparticles on the thermal properties of carbon fibre-reinforced composites

Fire and Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 339-355

  Rallini, Marco ^a   Natali, Maurizio ^a   Monti, Marco ^a   Kenny, José M ^a,b   Torre, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

cone calorimetry; fibre reinforced composites; fire resistance; nanocomposites; thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CARBON FIBERS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FILLERS; FIRE RESISTANCE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ALUMINA NANOPARTICLE; CARBON-FIBRE COMPOSITE; CONE CALORIMETER; CONE CALORIMETRY; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); MECHANICAL MIXING; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84896317667     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.2184     Document Type: Article

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