- 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