- Author
-
Babrauskas, V.
|
Janssens, M.
- Title
- Quantitative Variables to Replace the Concept of 'Noncombustibility'.
- Coporate
- Fire Science and Technology Inc., Issaquah WA
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX
- Book or Conf
- Fire and Materials 2009. 11th International Conference. Conference Papers. Proceedings. Organised by Interscience Communications Limited. January 26-28, 2009,
Interscience Communications Limited, London, England,
San Francisco, CA,
77-90 p.,
2009
- Keywords
-
noncombustibility
|
heat release rate
|
ASTM E 1354
|
building codes
|
flame spread
|
ISO 5660
|
ISO 9705
|
fuel load
|
surface linings
|
regulations
|
fire retardants
|
flashover
|
cone calorimeters
|
validation
|
flame propagation
|
corner tests
|
room burns
|
fire safety
|
safety engineering
|
gypsum board
- Identifiers
- present status in US building codes; role of structural fuel load component; relation between HRR and noncombustibility tests; new HRR-based Japanese regulations for noncombustibility; HRR-based degrees of combustibility proposed in New Zealand; surface spread-of-flame based criteria; wall/ceiling linings; fire safety engineering (FSE) tests