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Author
Robertson, A. F.
Title
Fire Test Methods: Classification and Application.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Report
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
fire tests | prototypes | fire safety | materials tests | 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.