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EPSRC Reference:	GR/L07574/01
Title:	(CP412) FIRE BEHAVIOUR OF COMPOSITE SYSTEMS
Principal Investigator:	Gibson, Professor A
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Project Partners:	Pre Nexus Migration
Department:	Mech Materials & Manuf Engineering
Organisation:	Newcastle University
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 December 1996	Ends:	30 November 1998	Value (£):	58,236
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Safety & Reliability of Plant
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Energy
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The fire response model and other methodologies developed in Phase III of Composites Offshore will be validated, refined and extended to give quantitative design tools for situations where load-bearing FRP structure is subjected to hydrocarbon fire. Problems to be covered will include: 2-D effects in laminates, retention of structural integrity of pipes and sections under load, behaviour of wet pipes and use of FRP as passive protection. In addition, the fire model will be extended to describe heat flux and ablative effects in jet-fires and jet fire tests. Finally a previously-developed database of FRP fire test results will be extended to include properties for use in fire and used to include material constants for different composite systems for use in the fire simulation model.
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