- Author
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Griffin, G. J.
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Bicknell, A. D.
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Bradbury, G. P.
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White, N.
- Title
- Effect of Construction Method on the Fire Behavior of Sandwich Panels With Expanded Polystyrene Cores in Room Fire Tests.
- Coporate
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia
- Journal
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Journal of Fire Sciences,
Vol. 24,
No. 4,
275-294,
July 2006
- Keywords
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sandwich panels
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fire behavior
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room fires
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fire tests
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polystyrene
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flashover
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flame spread
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thickness
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construction
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temperature profiles
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melting
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heat release rate
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heat flux
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pyrolysis
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experiments
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instruments
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ignition source
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calorimetry
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smoke
- Identifiers
- expanded polystyrene (EPS) cores; sandwich panels were composed of EPS cores with steel skins; test, materials, and construction methods used; EPS core properties measured by TGA/DSC and cone calorimetry; Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC); smoke evolution