- Author
- Audouin, L. | Torero, J. L. | Mangs, O. | Rigollet, L.
- Title
- Example of the Use of Standard Flammability Criteria for Performance Analysis of Materials: Polycarbonate and PMMA.
- Coporate
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire/DPAM, Saint Paul lez Durance, France Edinburgh Univ., Scotland Brandskyddslaget, Stockholm, Sweden
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Beijing, China, Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors, 493-504 p., 2005
- Keywords
- fire research | fire safety | fire science | flame spread | polycarbonates | polymethyl methacrylate | flammability | ignition | fire models | lateral ignition | ignition testing | flame spread tests | equations | oxygen consumption | ASTM E 1321 | ASTM E 1354 | test methods | Lexan® | heat release rate | pilot ignition | fire tests
- Identifiers
- material flammability; physical observation and detailed analysis in the interpretation of test data; lateral ignition and flame spread test (ASTME- 1321); oxygen consumption calorimeter (ASTM-E-1354); energy release rate; fire properties for Lexan obtained using the methodology; ignition temperatures and thermal heating properties for Lexan and other materials; fire properties for Lexan estimated for the medium-scale tests