- Author
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Robertson, A. F.
- Title
- Fire Test Methods: Classification and Application.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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STP 816,
- Book or Conf
- American Society for Testing and Materials. Behavior of Polymeric Materials in Fire. 1983.,
American Society for Testing and Material, PA,
Philadelphia, PA,
Schaffer, E. L., Editors,
3-12 p.,
1983
- Keywords
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fire tests
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prototypes
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fire safety
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materials tests
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models
- Identifiers
- fire test methods; modeling; property tests; system tests; prototype fires
- Abstract
- It is shown that traditional fire test methods have in many cases represented physical models or real prototye fires. The results of applying them serve in a significant way to predict the behavior of a prototype system when exposed to fire.