@article{ref1,
title="Empirical and numerical approach for optimisation of fire and mechanical performance in fire-retardant glass-reinforced epoxy composites",
journal="Fire safety journal",
year="2008",
author="Kandola, B. K. and ola,  and Myler, P. and Horrocks, A. R. and El-Hadidi, M. and Blair, D.",
volume="43",
number="1",
pages="11-23",
abstract="This paper involves the optimisation of fire, mechanical and fire/heat-induced degradation of mechanical properties of recently developed, novel, fibre-reinforced epoxy composite materials incorporating intumescent and cellulosic fibres as fire-retardant (FR) additives. A number of samples with different levels and relative ratios of two additives (FR cellulosic fibre and intumescent) has been prepared and tested for their fire performance using a cone calorimeter. Their mechanical performance in tensile and flexural modes have also been investigated. The experimental results have been used to construct surface plots and develop a numerical expression, which can relate to and predict levels and optimum ratios of additives present in the composite structure with their respective fire and mechanical behaviour. Keywords: Glass fibres; High-temperature properties; Mechanical properties; Numerical analysis; Fire retardancy<p />",
language="",
issn="0379-7112",
doi="10.1016/j.firesaf.2007.04.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2007.04.001"
}