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Author
Warrington Fire Research Center
Title
Report on a Special Investigation Made in 1986 on Behalf of the British Rubber Manufacturer's Association Limited 90-91 Tottenham Court Road, London W1: 0BR.
Coporate
Warrington Fire Research Center, Warrington, England
Report
WARRES 38404; WP Ref. 204, December 9, 1986, 222 p.
Keywords
upholstered furniture | oxygen consumpiton | fire tests | heat release rate | wall finishes | room fires | temperature | oxygen concentration | carbon monoxide | smoke | ignition source | thermocouples | heat flux | weight loss | fire spread tests
Identifiers
exhaust duct; volume flow; heat flux meters
Abstract
Considerable research and testing into the ignition characteristics of upholstered furniture has been conducted over recent years and has enabled an understanding of the fire performance of various combinations of cover and fillings to be developed. Only limited information is available, however, on the rate of heat release from those combinations when they are ignited.