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COMPOSIT | the Future use of Composites in Transport | 2002-04 |
Research Cluster 09 | Fire Safety of Composite Transport Structures.
The Event.
The COMPOSIT workshop on the "Fire Safety of Composite Transportation Structures" was held jointly with the "3rd International Conference on the Response of Composite Materials to Fire" on 9th - 10th September 2003 in Newcastle, UK. The program for the day was as follows:
"Basic Mechanisms of Fire Damage in Organic Matrix Composites"
Geoff Gibson (Newcastle University , UK)
"Fire Performance of Composites in European Construction Applications"
Peter Briggs (Warrington Fire Research Centre, UK)
"Flame Retarded Gelcoats on Composite Laminates"
Susanne Knop (Clariant GmbH, D)
"Halogen Fire Retardant Technology"
Maninder Heer (Reichhold Global Composites, UK)
"Fire, Smoke, Toxicity and Burn-Through Resistance of Composite Fuselage"
Klaus Schmidtke (EADS Deutschland GmbH, D)
"Composite Solutions to the Fire Performance Needs of Mass Transit"
Geof Tipping (DSM Composite Resins, UK)
"Validation of the Gibson Model for the Fire Reaction Properties of Fibre-Polymer Composites"
Adrian Mouritz (RMIT University, AU)
"Cellular Plate Girders in Fire – A Tested Solution"
Bill Allen (W & J Leigh & Co., UK)
"The Fire Onboard the RNoN MCMV Composite Vessel “Orkla” – The Accident and Lessons Learned"
Bjørn Høyning (FiReCo, NO)
"Simulation of Structural Response of Composite Structures under Fire Exposure"
Scott Case (Virginia Tech., USA)
"Modar Composites: Achieving Very Low Smoke and Toxicity without Compromising Structural Performance"
Mike Woodward (Ashland Composite Polymers, UK)
"Phenolic Resins for use in Mass Transit Applications – An Update"
Peter Willson (Caleb Technical Products / Borden Chemical, UK)
"Fire Simulation of Woven Fabric Composites with Temperature and Mass Dependent Thermal-Mechanical Properties"
Jim Lua (Anteon Corporation, USA)
"A Low Cost Burner Technique for the Development and Modelling of Laminates in Fire"
Geoff Gibson (Newcastle University , UK)
"Properties of Fire-Damaged Polymer Matrix Composites"
Peter Seggewiss (Bundeswehr Research Institute for Materials, Explosives, Fuels and Lubricants, D)
"The Integrity of Polymer Composites During and After Fire"
Geoff Gibson (Newcastle University , UK)
"The Influence of Flame Retardant Agents in the Fire Performance of Sheet Moulding Compounds"
João Rodrigues (INEGI, P)
"Development of a Demountable Composite Fire Protection System for Transport of Chemical Products"
Tom Pope (Vosper Thornycroft Ltd, UK) and Geoff Gibson (Newcastle University , UK)
"Composite Life under Sustained Compression and One Sided Simulated Fire Exposure: Characterisation and Prediction"
John Lesko (Virginia Tech, USA)
"Glass Reinforced Composites in Railway Rolling Stock – An Update"
Denver Brown (AEA Technology Rail, UK)
The Output from the Workshop.
The COMPOSIT research cluster on the "Fire Safety of Composite Transport Structures" can be explored by following the link below.
Future Research Requirements
Priorities for future work in order to meet the fire safety of composite materials needs of the transport sectors.
