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Author
Brown, J. E. | Braun, E. | Twilley, W. H.
Title
Cone Calorimeter Evaluation of the Flammability of Composite Materials.
File
  1. get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=917036
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Sponsor
Naval SEA Systems Command (NAVSEA 05R25), Washington, DC
Report
NBSIR 88-3733, March 1988, 68 p.
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Keywords
composite materials | cone calorimeters | extinction | fiberglass resins | flammability | heat release rate | ignition | resins | smoke | thermal decomposition
Abstract
A study was undertaken to evaluate the fire performance of composite materials using the cone calorimeter as the bench-scale method of test simulating the thermal irradiance from fires of various magnitudes. Five parameters were derived from the calorimetry measurements to characterize the ignitability and flammability of the ocmposite materials.