- Author
- Benjamin, I. A.
- Title
- Problems in the Correlation of Small and Large Scale Tests.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Book or Conf
- University of Edinburgh. Fire Safety of Combustible Materials International Symposium. October 1975, Edinburgh, Scotland, 141-148 p., 1975
- Keywords
- combustible materials | fire safety | small scale fire tests | large scale fire tests | ignition source | flooring radiant panel test | tunnel tests
- Abstract
- Before we talk about large and small scale tests, we should define the terms of reference that we will be using. The small scale test is not necessarily physically small in size--though it may be so. We are defining the small scale test as a laboratory test to evaluate or simulate some aspect of the fire performance of a material or construction in a reproducible simulation. The small scale test may vary from a test using a match or a Bunsen burner on a small sample to the ASTM E-84 test, Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, which requires a tunnel test facility 25 ft. long. The standard fire ressitance test involve a wall or floor assembly of 200 square feet.