- Author
- Zhao, L. | Dembsey, N. A.
- Title
- Uncertainty Effects on Measurement of Fire Characteristics of Material Systems.
- Coporate
- Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA
- Book or Conf
- Fire and Materials 2005. 9th International Conference. Conference Papers. Proceedings. Organised by Interscience Communications Limited. January 31-February 1, 2005, Interscience Communications Limited, London, England, San Francisco, CA, 37-49 p., 2005
- Keywords
- fire research | composite materials | uncertainty | pyrolysis | fire tests | cone calorimeters | mass loss | heat flux | air | nitrogen | equations
- Identifiers
- FMGR fire propagation apparatus (FPA); red oak (natural composite used for model calibration); mass loss rate (MLR); comparison of estimated properties (using cone data in air without uncertainties) and literature values of red oak; comparison of estimated properties (using FPA data in nitrogen without uncertainties) and literature values of red oak; comparison of estimated properties of thin and thick composites; comparisons between the 'worst' estimates and the baseline values