- Author
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Hirschler, M. M.
- Title
- How to Prevent Flashover Fires Due to Furnishings and Contents of a Room.
- Coporate
- Safety Engineering Laboratories, Rocky River, OH
- Book or Conf
- Product Safety Corporation. International Conference on Fire Safety, 20th. Volume 20. Proceedings. January 9-13, 1995,
Product Safety Corp., Sunnyvale, CA,
Millbrae, CA,
39-52 p.,
1995
- Keywords
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fire safety
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flashover
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furniture
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heat release
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tests
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codes
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standards
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fabric weight
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ignition source
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cone calorimeters
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fire behavior
- Identifiers
- heat release consensus furniture codes and standards; prediction of the results of testing furniture items; typical peak rates of heat release of some household items (kW): small plastic waste basket (7L); television set; heavy curtain; christmas tree (dry); large plastic garbage can (30 gal); plywood wardrobe (40 kg, plus contents); effect of vandalism; qualitative test predictions uninstrumented real scale chair burns