%0 Journal Article
%T The effect of intumescent mat on post
%A Chenkai Zhu
%A Chris Rudd
%A Jingjing Li
%A Mandy Clement
%A Xiaoling Liu
%A Xiaosu Yi
%J Journal of Fire Sciences
%@ 1530-8049
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0734904119849395
%X This study investigated the effect of intumescent mats (M1 and M2) with different compositions on the post-fire performance of carbon fibre reinforced composites. The sandwich structure was designed for composites where M1 (carbon fibre reinforced composite-M1) or M2 (carbon fibre reinforced composite-M2) mats were covered on the composite surface. A significant reduction in the peak heat release rate and total heat release was observed from the cone calorimetric data, and carbon fibre reinforced composite-M1 showed the lowest value of 148£¿kW/m2 and 29£¿MJ/m2 for peak heat release rate and total heat release, respectively. In addition, a minor influence on mechanical properties was observed due to the variation of composite thickness and resin volume in the composite. The post-fire properties of composite were characterised, and the M1 mat presented better retention of flexural strength and modulus. The feasibility of two-layer model was confirmed to predict the post-fire performance of composites and reduce the reliance on the large amounts of empirical data
%K Composites
%K post-fire performance
%K flame retardant
%K intumescent mats
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0734904119849395