The effect of intumescent mat on post-fire performance of carbon fibre reinforced composites

Zhu, Chenkai and Li, Jingjing and Clement, Mandy and Yi, Xiaosu and Rudd, Chris and Liu, Xiaoling (2019) The effect of intumescent mat on post-fire performance of carbon fibre reinforced composites. Journal of Fire Sciences, 37 (3). pp. 257-272. ISSN 0734-9041

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Abstract

This study investigated the effect of intumescent mats (M1 and M2) with different compositions on the post-fire performance of carbon fibre reinforced composites. The sandwich structure was designed for composites where M1 (carbon fibre reinforced composite-M1) or M2 (carbon fibre reinforced composite-M2) mats were covered on the composite surface. A significant reduction in the peak heat release rate and total heat release was observed from the cone calorimetric data, and carbon fibre reinforced composite-M1 showed the lowest value of 148 kW/m2 and 29 MJ/m2 for peak heat release rate and total heat release, respectively. In addition, a minor influence on mechanical properties was observed due to the variation of composite thickness and resin volume in the composite. The post-fire properties of composite were characterised, and the M1 mat presented better retention of flexural strength and modulus. The feasibility of two-layer model was confirmed to predict the post-fire performance of composites and reduce the reliance on the large amounts of empirical data. © The Author(s) 2019.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This paper is under Global University Publication Licence.
Keywords: Composites; Post-fire performance; flame retardant; Intumescent mats
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham Ningbo China > Faculty of Science and Engineering > Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734904119849395
Depositing User: QIU, Lulu
Date Deposited: 28 Aug 2019 13:49
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2019 10:11
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/57324

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