Fire resistance of hybrid building materials

Abstract

In this work, an experimental procedure was conducted to investigate the effect of weight content of short E-glass fibers on the degradation of flexural properties of a hybrid building material, when exposed to a direct gas (propane/butane) flame for varying time intervals. This experimental procedure is aiming on one hand to define the role that E-glass fibers play on the degradation of the flexural properties of the materials tested, as well as to provide a sufficient quantity of experimental data which will allow to quantitatively predict the observed degradation of the aforementioned properties due to exposure to direct gas flame using the Residual Property Model (R.P.M.) developed by the first author and already successfully applied to a number of different materials subjected to a combination of different damage sources.

Viscoelastic behavior of hybrid building materials

“…Modeling by Means of the R.P.M. Model RPM model, developed by G. C. Papanicolaou, has been used for the predicting the residual values of the mechanical properties of materials previously subjected to different types of damages such as those resulted from the application of open gas flame exposure, 19 notch induction, 20 and the application of thermal fatigue. 21 Because constant deformation imposed results in a decrease in stress, a modified form of the RPM model can be used to describe this decrease.…”

“…Model RPM model, developed by G. C. Papanicolaou, has been used for the predicting the residual values of the mechanical properties of materials previously subjected to different types of damages such as those resulted from the application of open gas flame exposure,19 notch induction, 20 and the application of thermal fatigue 21. Model RPM model, developed by G. C. Papanicolaou, has been used for the predicting the residual values of the mechanical properties of materials previously subjected to different types of damages such as those resulted from the application of open gas flame exposure,19 notch induction, 20 and the application of thermal fatigue 21.…”

Recent development of centrifugal electrospinning

“…Because of their large specific surface area, high porosity, and tunable mechanical properties, nanofibers have broad application in many fields, including bioengineered structures, air and water filtration, electronics, drug delivery, fuel cells, biomedical tissue engineering, building materials, and smart clothing . However, nanofibers produced by traditional methods present some problems, including their toxic solvents and low output.…”