- Author
- Kim, E. | Lautenberger, C. | Dembsey, N.
- Title
- Property Estimation for Pyrolysis Modeling Applied to Polyester FRP Composites with Different Glass Contents.
- Coporate
- Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA California Univ., Berkeley
- Book or Conf
- Fire and Materials 2009. 11th International Conference. Conference Papers. Proceedings. Organised by Interscience Communications Limited. January 26-28, 2009, Interscience Communications Limited, London, England, San Francisco, CA, 61-76 p., 2009
- Keywords
- glass | pyrolysis | polyesters | composite materials | resins | additives | thermogravimetric analysis | differential scanning calorimetry | kinetics | degradation | evaluation | thermal analysis
- Identifiers
- genetic algorithm (optimization routine) pairing; bench scale fire test apparatus, Fire Propagation Apparatus; FRP composite description; kinetics of resin degradation; kinetic parameters estimated from model fitting exercise using Genetic Algorithm (GA); polyester composite with low glass content (1A)