- Author
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Babrauskas, V.
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Krasny, J. F.
- Title
- Prediction of Upholstered Chair Heat Release Rates From Bench-Scale Measurements.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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ASTM STP 882,
- Book or Conf
- American Society for Testing and Materials. Fire Safety: Science and Engineering. ASTM STP 882. June 26-27, 1984,
Denver, CO,
Harmathy, T. Z., Editors,
268-284 p.,
1985
- Keywords
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chairs
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cone calorimeters
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flammability tests
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furniture calorimeters
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heat release rate
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upholstered furniture
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oxygen consumption
- Abstract
- The development of the oxygen consumption principle allowed a full-scale apparatus to be built--the furniture calorimeter--which can be used to readily determine the rate of heat release and other burning properties of upholstered furniture. In the first full-scale test series, a number of actual upholstered furniture items were tested, including chairs, love seats, and sofas. This was supplemented by a second test series where steel-frame mock-ups were used and a number of additional fabric, padding, and geometric variations were explored. The same oxygen consumption principle also was recently utilized to design a bench-scale calorimeter. This instrument, termed the cone calorimeter, was used to test fabric/padding composites taken from upholstered furniture. The purpose of the present work is to develop a relationship which can be used to predict full-scale behavior, specifically the full-scale peak rate of heat release, from bench-scale measurements.