Fire performance of prefabricated modular units using organoclay/glass fibre reinforced polymer composite

QT Nguyen; T Ngo; P Tran; P Mendis; M Zobec; L Aye

Journal article

Fire performance of prefabricated modular units using organoclay/glass fibre reinforced polymer composite

QT Nguyen, T Ngo, P Tran, P Mendis, M Zobec, L Aye

Construction and Building Materials | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.10.100

Abstract

Composite materials like FRPs offer the advantages of the high strength and stiffness with their low density and highly flexible shaping, thus, their potential in replacing conventional materials such as aluminium and steel for prefabrication of modular residential and office applications. The main limitation of fibre reinforced polymer composites (FRPCs) is their relatively poor fire performance. In this study, two CFD models using the modified Mc Grattan and the modified Coats Redfern – Kissinger method were developed to mimic the testing conditions of thermo-gravimetric analysis and cone calorimeter. Validation with experiments proves that the models can realistically predict the fire gro..

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Lu Aye Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was conducted with the financial support of ARC Linkage Grant LP110100429. The authors would also like to acknowledge the support of Permasteelisa Pty Ltd for the experimental program.