Fiber reinforced polymeric composites (FRPCs) have been widely used in automotive,
aircraft, airspace, marine and civil construction. However, they are flammable, thus seriously …

Thermal induced pyrolysis and the following flaming ignition of solid combustible play
crucial roles in determining the occurrence of fire and the subsequent flame spread. This …

The third edition of Fire Retardancy of Polymeric Materials provides a single source for all
aspects of this highly challenging field of applied research. This authoritative book covers …

A hybrid optimization algorithm, combining both Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and
Genetic Algorithm (GA), is proposed to gain the favorable features of each individual …

Owing to the strong public concerns about environmental protection and potential energy
crisis (fossil fuels), there is a global trend of substitution of petrochemical-based polymers …

A failure to accurately predict fire growth on a solid object can be frequently traced to our
inability to fully resolve coupling between the gas-phase processes of flaming combustion …

Flame retardant, environmentally sustainable nanocomposites were made by melt blending
poly (lactic acid)(PLA) with melamine polyphosphate (MPP) and Cloisite 30B (C-30B). The …

Abstract Poly (L-lactic acid)(PLA) is a kind of important bio-macromolecule which can be
prepared via fermentation of starch of maize and sweet potato. Flammability and extremely …

A pyrolysis model capable of predicting materials' fire behavior as a function of
concentration was developed for an intumescent flame retardant system: poly (lactic …

This paper presents a methodology to develop a pyrolysis reaction model that captures the
flammability behavior of epoxy-based intumescent flame retardant coatings (EP/IFR) as a …