Flammability Testing State-Of-The-Art
Report Number: CONF-8305107, p. 99-111
Author(s): de Ris, John
Corporate Author(s): Factory Mutual Research Corporation
Laboratory: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1983-07
Pages: 13
DoD Task:
Identifier: This paper is part of a conference proceedings. See ADA132780
Abstract:
Traditional material flammability tests are discussed in terms of their empirical foundation and oversimplified interpretation of fire phenomena. More recent rate-of-heat-release tests overcome some of these problems by measuring a material's response to different levels of fire exposure. However, no existing small-scale tests are sensitive to the radiant emission from the material's own flames. This radiant emission controls large-scale fire hazards. As a result, existing flammability tests cannot be expected to adequately characterize large-scale hazards. Some new approaches to this problem are discussed and a specific bench-scale test method is suggested which may overcome the identified problems of existing test methods.
Author(s): de Ris, John
Corporate Author(s): Factory Mutual Research Corporation
Laboratory: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1983-07
Pages: 13
DoD Task:
Identifier: This paper is part of a conference proceedings. See ADA132780
Abstract:
Traditional material flammability tests are discussed in terms of their empirical foundation and oversimplified interpretation of fire phenomena. More recent rate-of-heat-release tests overcome some of these problems by measuring a material's response to different levels of fire exposure. However, no existing small-scale tests are sensitive to the radiant emission from the material's own flames. This radiant emission controls large-scale fire hazards. As a result, existing flammability tests cannot be expected to adequately characterize large-scale hazards. Some new approaches to this problem are discussed and a specific bench-scale test method is suggested which may overcome the identified problems of existing test methods.