- Author
- Rao, B. N. | Jothi, R. A. | Srinivasan, A. R. | Sudhindra, A.
- Title
- Assessment of Polymeric Cables and Materials for Use in Rail Coaches Based on HRR, Combustion, Smoke and Toxicity.
- Coporate
- Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore, India
- Report
- Volume 1; Poster Session,
- Book or Conf
- Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. Volume 1. September 3-5, 2007, London, England, 731-737 p., 2007
- Keywords
- cables | heat release rate | combustion | smoke | toxicity | construction | railroads | flammability | standards | evaluation | heat flux | cone calorimeters | cushions | polyurethane foams | experiments | passenger trains
- Identifiers
- fire assessment methods for cables/materials used in construction of rail coaches; cone results for the different data cables and materials at heat flux 50 kW/m2; cone results for cushioning materials at 35 kW/m2 and 50 kW/m2 heat flux; National Bureau of Indian standard IS-7888, Cl.11; flammability characteristics of cushinoning materials ( IS 7888,Cl. 11); typical values of toxicity index of materials