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Author
Spearpoint, M. | Olenick, S. M. | Torero, J. L. | Steinhaus, T.
Title
Ignition Performance of New and Used Motor Vehicle Upholstery Fabrics.
Coporate
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Combustion Science and Engineering, Inc., Columbia, MD Edinburgh Univ., Scotland DVS Risk Service GmbH, Bonn, Germany
Journal
Fire and Materials, Vol. 29, No. 5, 265-282, September/October 2005
Keywords
upholstery | ignition | motor vehicles | seats | fire safety | test methods | flammability | cone calorimeters | flame spread | ignition time | heat flux | regulations | pilot ignition | ignition temperature
Identifiers
seat covering; passenger vehicles; FIST apparatus; FMVSS 302 horizontal flame spread apparatus; details of the new and used materials; Lateral Ignition and Flame Spread Test (LIFT); flame spread results from the FMVSS 302 tests; ranking analysis