- Author
- Griffin, G. J. | Bicknell, A. D. | Bradbury, G. P. | 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
- Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol. 24, No. 4, 275-294, July 2006
- Keywords
- sandwich panels | fire behavior | room fires | fire tests | polystyrene | flashover | flame spread | thickness | construction | temperature profiles | melting | heat release rate | heat flux | pyrolysis | experiments | instruments | ignition source | calorimetry | 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