- Author
- Babrauskas, V. | Walton, W. D.
- Title
- Simplified Characterization of Upholstered Furniture Heat Release Rates.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3, 181-192, December 1986
- Keywords
- upholstered furniture | heat release rate | chairs | sofas | fire models | furniture calorimeters
- Identifiers
- materials flammability
- Abstract
- The technology for measuring upholstered furniture heat release rates was established with the development of the furniture calorimeter. Analysis of a large number of tests in the furniture calorimeter has now demonstrated that for most specimens a good approximation to the rate of heat release as a function of time may take the form of a triangle. Methods of generating such curves, suitable for fire protection engineering hazard assessment purposes, have been developed.