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Author
Hoover, J. | Caudill, L. | Chapin, T. | Clarke, F.
Title
Full-Scale Fire Research on Concealed Space Communication Cables.
Coporate
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, DE AT&T Bell Laboratories, Norcross, GA Benjamin/Clarke Associates, Inc., Kensington, MD
Book or Conf
Interscience Communications Ltd.; National Institute of Standards and Technology; Building Research Establishment; and Society of Fire Protection Engineers; Swedish National Testing and Research Institute. Interflam '96. International Interflam Conference, 7th Proceedings. March 26-28, 1996, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Cambridge, England, Franks, C. A.; Grayson, S., Editors, 295-304 p., 1996
Keywords
fire safety | tests | communication cables | fire research | large scale fire tests | computers | hazard assessment | safety engineering | test methods
Identifiers
Local Area Networks (LANs); evaluate the fire performance of a series of commercial communication cables in full-scale tests simulating current UK installation practices; evaluate the same cables in the intermediate-scale Steiner Tunnels (NFPA 262-19902) utilized in Canada, Japan, Mexico, and North America; evaluate the same cables in amodified intermediate-scale IEC 332-3 (332-X) test apparatus potentially available in Europe, Japan and North America