Determination of characteristic parameters for the thermal decomposition of epoxy resin/carbon fibre composites in cone calorimeter

Present study concerns to the thermal degradation of two carbon fibre/epoxy composites, which differ by their volume fractions in carbon fibre (56 and 59 vol%), investigated in cone calorimeter (under atmospheric condition with a piloted ignition). In order to study the influence of the carbon fibre amount on the composite thermal decomposition, the cone calorimeter external heat flux was varied up to 75 kW m−2. Thus, main parameters of the...