Composites In Fire 6
9 – 10 June 2011, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
The Composites in Fire conferences exist to transfer understanding, technology and research results from major programmes from three continents, Europe, USA and Australia, to industry. Since CIF-5, which was held in 2008, substantial progress has taken place in testing and modelling the problem of the fire resistance of composite structures. It is the purpose of CIF-6 to report this progress and transfer the technologies and techniques developed to industry.
Conference Programme
Thursday 9th June
0900: Registration Opens
1000: Conference begins
SESSION 1: Fire Resistance and Fire Reactions: New Developments
- Modelling Composite Fire Response under Load
A.G. Gibson, Centre for Composite Materials Engineering, Newcastle University, UK; A.P. Mouritz and S. Feih, RMIT, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia - Development of Fire-Retarded Materials – Interpretation of Cone Calorimeter Data
B. Schartel, BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research & Testing, Germany - Polymer Nanocomposites: Thermal Degradation and Combustion Behaviour
A. Castrovinci, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, and A. Fina, A. Frache, G. Camino, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy - Natural Fibre-Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites: Flammability and Fire Resistance Issues
B.K. Kandola, S.C. Anand, B. Mottershead, S.I. Mistik, Institute for Materials Research and Innovation, University of Bolton, UK - Fire Retardancy in Composites: A Journey from Nano to Intermediate Scale
B. Schartel, BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research & Testing, Germany - Rapid Model Generation for Structural-Fire Modeling
A. Chemaly, Technosoft, Inc., B.Y. Lattimer and S. Case, Virginia Tech, USA
SESSION 2: Technology Transfer: Marine and Aerospace
- United States Federal Aviation Administration Research on the Fire Safety of Advanced Composite Materials in Commercial Aerospace Applications
R.I. Ochs, T.R. Marker, S.M. Summer, United States Federal Aviation Administration, USA - Modeling of Carbon-Epoxy Laminate Swelling for Fire Environments
M.T. McGurn and P.E. DesJardin, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, USA - Enclosure Fire Tests for Understanding Aircraft Composite Fire Environments
A.L. Brown, A.B. Dodd, Fire & Aerosol Science Department, Sandia National Labs, USA and B. Pickett, Air Force Research Laboratories, USA - Performance Testing of Composite Aircraft Fuselage Materials
S.F. Jagger, P.T. Ireland, Health & Safety Laboratory, Derbyshire, UK and A. Mullender, Rolls-Royce plc, Derby, UK - Multi-Stage Decomposition Modelling of Polymer Matrix Composites: Fire Burn-Through Response of CFRP Aerostructures
D. Sikoutris, D. Vlachos and V. Kostopoulos, Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece - Large-Scale Fire Tests in a Passenger Cabin of PVC + GFRP Composite
M. Arvidson, P. Blomqvist and T. Hertzberg, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden - Processing and Upscaling of Fire-Resistant Nano-Filled Thermosetting Resin – Initial Results from the POLYFIRE Project
B. Hargreaves, B. Weager, NetComposites Ltd, UK, C. Breen, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, C. Vaquero, TECNALIA, Spain, and J. Ballestero, GAIKER Centro Tecnológico, Spain - The EU Fire-Resist Programme
J. Carruthers, NewRail Research Centre, Newcastle University, UK
1800-2000: WELCOME RECEPTION. Hancock Museum Hadrian’s Wall Gallery
Friday 10th June
SESSION 3: Composite Structures in Fire
- Large-scale Structural Fire Investigation of Composite Panels under Compressive Load
E. Hugi1, C. Ludwig1, B.Y. Lattimer2, Z. Mathys3, A.P. Mouritz4, S. Feih4, S. Case2, A.G. Gibson5
1Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratory for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland
2Virginia Tech, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, USA
3DSTO, Defence Science & Technology Organisation, Melbourne, Australia
4RMIT, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Victoria, Australia
5Centre for Composite Materials Engineering, Newcastle University, UK - Quantifying the Performance of Composite Fire Protection Materials
A.G. Gibson, Centre for Composite Materials Engineering, Newcastle University, UK - Modelling of Glass Fibre-Polymer Composites with Surface Protection against Fire
E. Kandare1, S. Feih1, G. Griffin1, Z. Mathys2, A.G. Gibson3, B.Y. Lattimer4 and A.P. Mouritz1
1RMIT, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Victoria, Australia
2DSTO, Australia
3Centre for Composite Materials Engineering, Newcastle University, UK
4Virginia Tech, USA - Fire Behaviour & Fire Protection of Composite Pipes
K. Rookus, FuturePipe Industries, The Netherlands and A.G. Gibson, Centre for Composite Materials Engineering, Newcastle University, UK.
SESSION 4: Materials Selection and Materials Comparisons
- Life Prediction Modelling of Compression-Loaded Aluminium in Fire
E. Kandare1, 2, S. Feih1, Z. Mathys3, A.G. Gibson4 and A.P. Mouritz1
1School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Australia
2Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures Ltd (CRC-ACS), Australia
3Defence Science & Technology Organisation, Australia
4Centre for Composite Materials Engineering, Newcastle University, UK - Comparison of the Structural Fire Performance of Lightweight Materials
P. Summers1, E. Fogle1, B.Y. Lattimer1, S. Case2, S. Feih3, E. Kandare3, A.P. Mouritz3
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
2Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
3RMIT, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Victoria, Australia - Prediction of the Response of Aluminium Structures to Simulated Fire
K. Arthur1, E. Fogle2, S. Case1, B.Y. Lattimer and S. Feih3, E. Kandare3, A.P. Mouritz3
1, 2Virginia Tech (1Engineering Science and Mechanics; 2Mechanical Engineering) Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
3RMIT, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Victoria, Australia