Composites In Fire 4

(15 - 16 September 2005, Centre for Composite Materials Engineering, University of Newcastle, UK)

Lack of adequate fire performance is the greatest single factor hindering the more widespread use of composites in all transport and infrastructure applications. The aim of the COMPOSITES IN FIRE conferences is to promote research towards a step-change improvement in the fire behaviour of composite structures. This is an area where developments are happening rapidly, and it is important for everyone involved to stay up to date with the latest research. Important developments in fire resistance and fire reaction have taken place since the last CIF-3. The 2005 meeting summarised these developments and brought together the key experts from three continents.

Conference Programme

Contributors

• Alpha STAR corporation, USA
• Anteon Corporation, USA
• Applied Poleramics, USA
• Borden Chemical, UK
• Caleb Technical Products, UK
• CETENA, Italy
• Clariant, Germany
• Daikin America Inc., USA
• DCN, France
• DSTO, Australia
• EPFL, Switzerland
• Federal Aviation Administration USA
• Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
• Hughes Associates, USA
• NASA Langley, USA
• National Institute of Aerospace, USA
• Newcastle University, UK
• RMIT University, Australia
• State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
• Virginia Tech, USA
• VT Halmatic, UK
• WFRC, UK

Contents

• Property Degradation of Fibreglass Composites in Fire
  S. Feih¹, Z. Mathys², A.G. Gibson³ and A.P. Mouritz¹
  1. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia and Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures Ltd (CRC-ACS), Australia
  2. Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO), Australia
  3. Centre for Composite Materials Engineering (CME), University of Newcastle, UK
• Laminate Theory Analysis of Composites under Load in Fire
  A.G. Gibson, Y-S. Wu, T.N.A. Browne (CCME) and A.P. Mouritz (RMIT)
• Compressive Response of Composites under Combined Fire and Compression Loading
  Liu Liu, John W. Holmes, George A. Kardomateas and Victor Birman (School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
• Numerical Simulation of Composite Structure Response from a 2D Fire Plume
  Paul E. DesJardin, Changsong Luo and Wei Xie (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, USA)
• The Viscoelastic/Viscoplastic Characterization of Glass-Vinyl Ester Composites under Fire Conditions
  Steven E. Boyd, John J. Lesko, Scott W. Case, John V. Bausano (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA)
• Using Small Samples to Get Large-Scale Results
  Brian Y. Lattimer, Hughes Associates Inc., Baltimore, USA
• Damage Progression of a Loaded Marine Composite Structure Subjected to a Fire
  Jim Lua, Anteon Corporation, Mystic, USA
• Flammability of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites
  Richard E. Lyon, Jonathan Demario¹, Richard N. Walters and Sean Crowley²
  1. Fire Safety Branch, Federal Aviation Authority, New Jersey, USA
  2. Galaxy Scientific Corporation, New Jersey, USA
• High Performance Phenolic Resin Composites
  Peter Willson, Caleb Technical Products Ltd., Monmouthshire, UK
• The Flame Retardants Controversy: Fire Safety and Environmental Protection
  Adrian Beard, Flame Retardants Engineering and Product Safety, Clariant GmbH, Germany
• Reducing the Vulnerability of Naval Composite Structures to Fires
  Joëlle Gutierrez, DCN, France
• New Self Extinguishing PTFE-Based Fabric Combines Fire Safety with Weight Savings
  Ron Klein, Todd Brown, Daikin America Inc., Orangeburg, USA. and Chris Moore, Optimer Inc., Wilmington, USA
• Composites in Aircraft Crashes: The Airbus A340 Crash at Toronto Airport 2/8/05
  John Andrews, Post Crash Management Systems, UK
• FE Modelling of the Fire Resistance of Naval Composite Joints
  Andrea Bollero, CETENA S.p.A., Genoa, Italy
• Fire Performance of Composites in European Construction and Transport Applications
  Peter Briggs, Warrington Fire Research Centre Limited, UK
• Modelling Fire Reaction Properties of Composites for Rail Applications
  Geoff Gibson and Mark Robinson, NewRail Railway Research Centre, University of Newcastle, UK<
• The Comparison of the Response of 6061 Aluminium and a Glass/Vinyl Ester Composite to Simulated Fire Exposure Conditions
  John V. Bausano, John J. Lesko and Scott Case, Materials Response Group, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA
• The Post-Fire Residual Strength of Composite Army Bridge
  Zhongyan Qian¹, Frank Abdi¹, Rashid Miraj¹, Ayman Mosallam², Ramki Iyer³, Jian-Juei Wang⁴, and Trent Logan⁴
  1. Alpha Star Corporation, Long Beach, California, USA
  2. University of California at Irvine, USA
  3. U.S. Army – TARDEC, Michigan, USA
  4. The Boeing Company, California, USA
• Structural Responses of FRP Elements under Combined Thermal and Mechanical Loadings: Experiments and Analyses
  Aixi Zhou and Tomas Keller, Composite Construction Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
• Case History – Development of Composite Thermal Protectors
  Nick Tattersall, VT Halmatic Limited, Portsmouth, UK
• Fire Integrity of Reinforced Thermoplastic and Thermosetting Pipe
  N. Dodds and A.G. Gibson, University of Newcastle, UK

335 pages
First Published 2005 CompositeLink (Consultants) Limited
© 2005 CompositeLink (Consultants) Limited
ISBN 0-9540459-7-1

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