Performance-based methodology for the fire safe design of insulation materials in energy efficient buildings

This thesis presents a methodology to determine failure criteria of building insulation materials in the event of a fire that is specific to each typology of insulation material used. This methodology is based on material characterisation and assessment of fire performance of the most common insulat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hidalgo-Medina, Juan P.
Other Authors: Welch, Stephen; Torero, José L.
Published: University of Edinburgh 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.668024