Design of Fire Safe Composite Structures

Abstract

Summary and future Work: 1) Hybrid composites show promise as an effective system for both structural performance and thermal protection; 2) Fire testing at UD-CCM showed that CIRTM laminates retained significant strength and stiffness after prolonged exposure to 2000-degree F open flame; 3) Future work will involve development of a series of genetic algorithms to solve the problem of optimizing navy deck structures using a model based design approach rather than extensive testing; 4) The optimization scheme will also take into account any weighted design variables such as the necessity to include additional fire protection materials, radar absorption material and a minimum damage resistance level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA428893

Entities

People

  • A. Paesano
  • J. Tierney
  • J. W. Gillespie Jr.

Organizations

  • University of Delaware

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Advanced Materials
  • Algorithms
  • Biocomposites
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Structures
  • Delaware
  • Fire Protection
  • Genetic Algorithms
  • Heat Transfer
  • Laminates
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Testing
  • Optimization
  • Stiffness
  • Universities

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Machine Learning Algorithms
  • Biotechnology