- Author
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Meierhoefer, A. W.
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Braun, E.
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Krasny, J. F.
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Peacock, R. D.
- Title
- Fire Accident Simulations with Apparel Fabrics. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBSIR 79-1755
June 1979
29 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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accident
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garments
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clothing
- Abstract
- The objective of the work described here was to continue earlier garment burn simulations and to establish further background for the estimation of the relative burn injury potential of flammable apparel fabrics. The apparatus used was the apparel Fire Modeling Apparatus (AFMA). The AFMA is a semicylinder almost completely covered with heat sensors. It simulates part of a human leg or torso. Fabrics can be burned on the AFMA in the free-hanging mode or can be brought into contact with its surface after a small amount of heat is sensed by the AFMA. The burn injury potential of the fabrics can be evaluated bu such heat transfer characteristics as the total heat transferred to the AFMA and the area of the AFMA which would be susceptible to a second-degree burn, as well as the rate of increase of this injury area. The results are related to fiber content, and weight and construction of the fabrics. The fabrics used were selected from a series used in the Cooperative Program on Apparel Flammability sponsored by the American Textile Manufacturers Institute.