Testing of aluminium composite panels in a cone calorimeter: A new specimen preparation method
Fire testing data consistency and repeatability are essential for regulatory scrutiny, product development, and fire modelling of the lightweight cladding system. Lightweight composite claddings such as aluminium composite panels (ACPs) have been challenging to assess in terms of combustibility and...
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| author | Md Delwar Hossain Swapan Saha Md Kamrul Hassan Anthony Chun Yin Yuen Cheng Wang Waseem Hittini Laurel George Richard Wuhrer |
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| description | Fire testing data consistency and repeatability are essential for regulatory scrutiny, product development, and fire modelling of the lightweight cladding system. Lightweight composite claddings such as aluminium composite panels (ACPs) have been challenging to assess in terms of combustibility and flammability due to their sandwiched composite structures, which led to inconsistent data during bench-scale fire testing and fire risk assessment. This study aims to improve the test data consistency of reaction-to-fire properties such as time to ignition (tign), peak heat release rate (pHRR), time to peak heat release rate (tpHRR), total heat release (THR), which are the critical parameters for fire assessment and regulatory screening of the ACP claddings used in buildings. Therefore, a modified test approach is proposed in this study to facilitate the proper combustion process with the formation of a steady fuel gas/air mixture during the testing of cladding panel. The test data repeatability, standard deviation (SD) and relative standard deviation percentage (RSD%) of reaction-to-fire properties have been improved significantly with the modified test approach compared with the existing test approach. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ba67aace9a494396b9713ad111f3bb362022-12-22T04:03:31ZengElsevierPolymer Testing0142-94182022-02-01106107454Testing of aluminium composite panels in a cone calorimeter: A new specimen preparation methodMd Delwar Hossain0Swapan Saha1Md Kamrul Hassan2Anthony Chun Yin Yuen3Cheng Wang4Waseem Hittini5Laurel George6Richard Wuhrer7School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia; Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur, 1707, Bangladesh; Corresponding author. School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia.School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, 2751, AustraliaSchool of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, 2751, AustraliaSchool of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, AustraliaSchool of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, AustraliaSchool of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, 2751, AustraliaAdvanced Materials Characterization Facility, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, AustraliaAdvanced Materials Characterization Facility, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, AustraliaFire testing data consistency and repeatability are essential for regulatory scrutiny, product development, and fire modelling of the lightweight cladding system. Lightweight composite claddings such as aluminium composite panels (ACPs) have been challenging to assess in terms of combustibility and flammability due to their sandwiched composite structures, which led to inconsistent data during bench-scale fire testing and fire risk assessment. This study aims to improve the test data consistency of reaction-to-fire properties such as time to ignition (tign), peak heat release rate (pHRR), time to peak heat release rate (tpHRR), total heat release (THR), which are the critical parameters for fire assessment and regulatory screening of the ACP claddings used in buildings. Therefore, a modified test approach is proposed in this study to facilitate the proper combustion process with the formation of a steady fuel gas/air mixture during the testing of cladding panel. The test data repeatability, standard deviation (SD) and relative standard deviation percentage (RSD%) of reaction-to-fire properties have been improved significantly with the modified test approach compared with the existing test approach.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142941821003974Aluminium composite panelsCladdingFire testCone calorimeterReaction-to-fire properties |
| spellingShingle | Md Delwar Hossain Swapan Saha Md Kamrul Hassan Anthony Chun Yin Yuen Cheng Wang Waseem Hittini Laurel George Richard Wuhrer Testing of aluminium composite panels in a cone calorimeter: A new specimen preparation method Polymer Testing Aluminium composite panels Cladding Fire test Cone calorimeter Reaction-to-fire properties |
| title | Testing of aluminium composite panels in a cone calorimeter: A new specimen preparation method |
| title_full | Testing of aluminium composite panels in a cone calorimeter: A new specimen preparation method |
| title_fullStr | Testing of aluminium composite panels in a cone calorimeter: A new specimen preparation method |
| title_full_unstemmed | Testing of aluminium composite panels in a cone calorimeter: A new specimen preparation method |
| title_short | Testing of aluminium composite panels in a cone calorimeter: A new specimen preparation method |
| title_sort | testing of aluminium composite panels in a cone calorimeter a new specimen preparation method |
| topic | Aluminium composite panels Cladding Fire test Cone calorimeter Reaction-to-fire properties |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142941821003974 |
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