Study on combustion characteristics of glass fiber/phenolic resin composites

Abstract

In order to study the combustion characteristics of glass fiber/phenolic resin composites, a conical calorimeter was used to explore the combustion characteristics of glass fiber/phenolic resin composites in an aircraft frame under different thermal radiation intensities, and the fire hazard of the materials was evaluated by evaluation index, and the limiting oxygen index at different temperatures was explored by combining the high temperature oxygen index meter. The test results show that when the ambient temperature increases from 20 °C to 220 °C, the limiting oxygen index first increases from 86.6 % to 93.7 %, and then decreases to 84.4 %. The oxygen consumption and CO2 release increase with the increase of thermal radiation intensity during combustion, and the release of CO decreases with the increase of thermal radiation. The heat release rate curve of the test material has only 1 enhancement peak. The heat radiation intensity increased from 50 kW/m2 to 70 kW/m2, and the peak heat release rate of the test material combustion increased from 64.7 kW/m2 to 100.7 kW/m2. The rate of mass loss of materials accelerates with the increase of thermal radiation intensity; As the intensity of thermal radiation increases, the fire hazard of the material increases.

Keywords

• Fiberglass/phenolic
• Combustion characteristics
• Limiting oxygen index
• Fire hazard