- Author
- deRis, J.
- Title
- Flammability Testing: State-of-the-Art.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Journal
- Fire and Materials, Vol. 9, No. 2, 75-80, June 1985
- Report
- FMRC J.I. 0H0J2.BU; NBSIR 85-3118, June 1983, 19 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Asilomar Conference on Fire and Blast Effects of Nuclear Weapons, 17th. May 30-June 3, 1983. Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA. pages 99-111 AND National Bureau of Standards. 7th Joint Panel Meeting of the UJNR Panel on Fire Research and Safety. October 24-28, 1983. Gaithersburg, MD. pages 585-609. 1985., 99-111 p., ['1983', '1985']
- Keywords
- flammability testing
- Abstract
- Traditional material flammability tests are discussed in terms of their empirical foundation and oversimplified interpretation of fire phenomena. More recent rate-of-heat-release tests overcome some of these problems by measuring a material's response to different levels of fire exposure. However, no existing small-scale tests are sensitive to the radiant emission from the material's own flames. This radiant emission controls large-scale fire hazards. As a result, existing flammability tests cannot be expected to adequately characterize large-scale hazards. Some new approaches to this problem are discussed and a specific bench-scale test method is suggested which may overcome the identified problems of existing test methods.