Fire Safety of Steel Envelope Systems with Bio-Based Insulation: Evaluation of Smoldering Phenomenon
FireThe use of innovative insulating materials can contribute to an energy-efficient design by improving the thermal performance of building envelopes while also reducing the embodied energy of materials.
Arritokieta Eizaguirre-Iribar +4 more
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Safety and Health at Work, 2015 Background: Overweight, obesity, and cardiovascular disease risk factors are prevalent among firefighters in some developed countries. It is unclear whether physical activity and cardiopulmonary fitness reduce cardiovascular disease risk and the ...
Clare C.W. Yu +7 more
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Flame-retarded Polystyrene: Investigating Chemical Interactions between Ammonium Polyphosphate and MgAl Layered Double Hydroxide [PDF]
, 2008 Potential flame retardants, MgAl-LDH and ammonium polyphosphate (APP), were added to neat polystyrene (PS) individually or in combinations at weight fractions no greater than 10%.
Kandare, Everson +3 more
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Excessive equatorial light rain causes modeling dry bias of Indian summer monsoon rainfall
npj Climate and Atmospheric ScienceSimulating accurately the South Asian summer monsoon is crucial for food security of several South Asian countries yet challenging for global climate models (GCMs).
Gudongze Li +9 more
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Optimization of the bi-oleothermal treatment process for wood preservation and fireproofing [PDF]
, 2011 The bi-oleothermal© process (combination of oil and heat treatment) is a well mastered alternative method for wood protection. However, the fire behavior and resistance to decay of bi-oleothermally treated wood are not good enough to ensure performance ...
Alfos, Carine +5 more
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Does organic modification of layered double hydroxides improve the fire performance of PMMA? [PDF]
, 2009 The effect of modified layered double hydroxides (LDHs) on fire properties of poly(methyl methacrylate) is investigated. Organically-modified LDHs were prepared via rehydration of calcined hydrotalcite in a palmitate solution.
Chen, Dan +3 more
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Experimental investigation on durability and fire performance of high strength rubberized concrete
Materials Research ExpressThis study compares high strength rubberized concrete (HSRC) with steel fibre (SF) doses of zero, two-thirds, five percent, and one percent per cubic inch. The microstructure was also examined when Portland cement substituted with ground granulated blast
Rajiv Gandhi R, Saritha B
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Acceptable range for structural fire resistance in performance based design [PDF]
, 2015 Structural fire safety engineering is increasingly moving away from prescriptive design rules to what is generally referred to as Performance Based Design (PBD) in which the structure or structural components are designed to satisfy performance ...
Caspeele, Robby +2 more
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Foam composite structures [PDF]
The need to include fire resistant foams into state of the art aircraft interior paneling to increase passenger safety in aircraft fires was studied. Present efforts were directed toward mechanical and fire testing of panels with foam inclusions. Skinned
Delano, C. B., Milligan, R. J.
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Experimental and numerical investigation of post-tensioned concrete flat slabs in fire [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose This paper aims to understand the structural fire performance of two-way post-tensioned flat slabs, particularly their deformations and load-carrying mechanisms in fire, and to explore the behaviour of post-tensioned high-strength self ...
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