- Author
- Heskestad, G. | Kalelkar, A. S. | Kung, H. C.
- Title
- Study of Pre-Ignition Heat Transfer Through a Fabric-Skin System Subjected to a Heat Source.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- FMRC Serial 19967, December 31, 1971, 51 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- heat transfer | fabrics | preignition
- Abstract
- Theoretical and experimental studies of preignition events transpiring in fabric-skin systems upon exposure to a radiant heat source are reported. Particular emphasis is placed on determining relationships between time to ignition of the fabric and time to pain in the skin of the fabric wearer which allows assessment of probabilities of ignition. Several common fabrics are ranked in order of decreasing safety as the pain time increases relative to the ignition time and evasive action by the fabric wearer becomes less and less effective.