Cone calorimeter and controlled atmosphere cone experiments were conducted on various samples. The intent of the tests was to examine behavior uniform composite samples in a range thicknesses, irradiances, oxygen concentrations. Single, layers acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) compared mix, comprising ABS with surface layer cardboard secondary polyethylene bubble wrap (intended represent po...

Hybrid composites composed of bio-based thin-ply carbon fibre prepreg and flame-retardant mats (E20MI) have been produced to investigate the effects laminate design on their fire protection performance mechanical properties. These rely primarily expandable graphite, mineral wool glass generate a thermal barrier that releases incombustible gasses protects underlying material. A flame retardant (...

The trend towards performance-based codes for achieving acceptable fire safety creates a significant demand for improved material properties and computer fire models. The performance-based engineering analysis is very difficult to achieve for wood-based materials because of their complex physical processes for pyrolysis and combustion. To address this need the cone calorimeter (ASTM E1354) was ...