- Author
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Braun, E.
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Klote, J. H.
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Davis, S.
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Levin, B. C.
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Paabo, M.
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Gann, R. G.
- Title
- Assessment Methodology for the Fire Performance of School Bus Interior Components.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. 3rd International Symposium. July 8-12, 1991,
Elsevier Applied Science, New York,
Edinburgh, Scotland,
Cox, G.; Langford, B., Editors,
855-864 p.,
1991
- Keywords
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fire research
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fire safety
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fire science
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buses
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combustion products
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tenability limits
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toxicity
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seats
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large scale fire tests
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fire models
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ignition source
- Abstract
- A full-scale fire performance protocol for the evaluation of school bus seat assemblies was developed. This protocol is based on the results of full-scale testing of end-use seat assemblies and computer fire modeling of the ignition source and burning item(s) in a single compartment enclosure. Tenability criteria were applied to the results of the full-scale tests and computer fire model calculations. The results showed that temperature is a suitable criterion for this application. Toxicity of the decomposition products plays a secondary role in determining occupant survivability. Occupant tenability limits are exceeded for ignition sources over 300 kW, independent of the type of seat assembly. Based on the full-scale test data, computer simulations were conducted to determine which tenability criteria were exceeded in the full-scale tests.