Issue |
MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 9, 2013
1st International Seminar for Fire Safety of Facades
|
|
---|---|---|
Article Number | 05002 | |
Number of page(s) | 11 | |
Section | Case Studies | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20130905002 | |
Published online | 29 November 2013 |
Fire resistance of “high-tech plastics”
Results of a test series about the fire resistance of glass-fibre reinforced polyester composite (FRP)
1 DGMR PO Box 153, 6800 AD Arnhem, The Netherlands
2 Polux B.V. PO Box 137, 1670 AC Medemblik, The Netherlands
The mechanical properties, thermal insulation, durability and the production technology make Fibre Reinforced Polyester Composites an interesting material to use as a façade cladding system or as unitized sandwich panels. Before the FRPC material became readily available for large façades, technical aspects had to be investigated and solutions had to be found for fire resistance/reaction to fire, aesthetic properties such as colour fastness, durability and strength calculations.
This paper concentrates on the development of a composite material, especially in the form of sandwich panels as a unitized façade system, to meet certain requirements of “Fire resistance” and “Reaction to fire” according to the relevant European standards.
© Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2013
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 2.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.