- Author
- Carey, N. | Daeid, N. N.
- Title
- Metallic Damage to Electrical Conductors at Fire Scenes.
- Coporate
- London Fire Dept., England Strathclyde Univ., UK
- Report
- Volume 2
- Book or Conf
- Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. Volume 2. September 3-5, 2007, London, England, 1151-1162 p., 2007
- Keywords
- fire investigations | electrical conductors | damage | fire investigators | pattern recognition | arcing | copper | metals | structures | electric wire | compartments | char | circuit protection
- Identifiers
- fire pattern analysis; electrical wiring into fully furnished compartments that were burnt for fire investigation training; arc mapping; arcing phenomena; copper metal and its structure; effects of arcing damage to the copper metal; how arcing can assist the fire scene investigator; scene examination method; research in the UK - installing electrical wiring into fire compartments; compartment configurations detailing the number of repeated fires; circuit design for the compartments; circuit protection and data collection; post fire analysis; variations within each category; visible differences of short circuit and 'arcing through char'; Electron Probe Micro Analyzer (EPMA); Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)