Computer simulation and design of composite fire door under elevated temperature using MSC nastran

Fire door is a very important part of fire protection. The conventional designs verified using furnace experiments are costly. There is a FEM software, MacNeal- Schwendler Corporation (MSC) Nastran that can greatly accelerate the numerical calculation of the transient heat transfer effect of fire do...

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Main Author:	Tan, Hai Hong
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11419/7/TanHaiHongMFKM2009.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.114192017-09-19T09:17:20Z Computer simulation and design of composite fire door under elevated temperature using MSC nastran 2009-11 Tan, Hai Hong TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Fire door is a very important part of fire protection. The conventional designs verified using furnace experiments are costly. There is a FEM software, MacNeal- Schwendler Corporation (MSC) Nastran that can greatly accelerate the numerical calculation of the transient heat transfer effect of fire door in the furnace. Therefore, this project has been carried out to analyse and design the fire door by using the FEM software, MSC. Nastran. The simulated result from the software has been verified with existing experimental results. Having confidence to the accuracy of the software, three computer designed composite fire doors were obtained with 1 hour and 2 hours rating according to the MSC. Nastran results. Detail of the design process and the materials selection are included in this thesis. The potential designs of fire door were suggested for future development since they have very good fire resistance. From the simulation, it was found that the insulation of the fire door rises with the increased of the thickness and the layers of the door, and also by using lower conductivity materials. It was also proven by simulation that a design using fiberglass or mineral wool fillet will result in a lower acceptable 2 hours fire rating with the additional advantage of reduced weight. 2009-11 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11419/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11419/7/TanHaiHongMFKM2009.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Tan, Hai Hong Computer simulation and design of composite fire door under elevated temperature using MSC nastran
description	Fire door is a very important part of fire protection. The conventional designs verified using furnace experiments are costly. There is a FEM software, MacNeal- Schwendler Corporation (MSC) Nastran that can greatly accelerate the numerical calculation of the transient heat transfer effect of fire door in the furnace. Therefore, this project has been carried out to analyse and design the fire door by using the FEM software, MSC. Nastran. The simulated result from the software has been verified with existing experimental results. Having confidence to the accuracy of the software, three computer designed composite fire doors were obtained with 1 hour and 2 hours rating according to the MSC. Nastran results. Detail of the design process and the materials selection are included in this thesis. The potential designs of fire door were suggested for future development since they have very good fire resistance. From the simulation, it was found that the insulation of the fire door rises with the increased of the thickness and the layers of the door, and also by using lower conductivity materials. It was also proven by simulation that a design using fiberglass or mineral wool fillet will result in a lower acceptable 2 hours fire rating with the additional advantage of reduced weight.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Tan, Hai Hong
author_facet	Tan, Hai Hong
author_sort	Tan, Hai Hong
title	Computer simulation and design of composite fire door under elevated temperature using MSC nastran
title_short	Computer simulation and design of composite fire door under elevated temperature using MSC nastran
title_full	Computer simulation and design of composite fire door under elevated temperature using MSC nastran
title_fullStr	Computer simulation and design of composite fire door under elevated temperature using MSC nastran
title_full_unstemmed	Computer simulation and design of composite fire door under elevated temperature using MSC nastran
title_sort	computer simulation and design of composite fire door under elevated temperature using msc nastran
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate	2009
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Computer simulation and design of composite fire door under elevated temperature using MSC nastran

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