- Author
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Bwalya, A.
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Gibbs, E.
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Louheed, G.
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Kashef, A.
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Saber, H.
- Title
- Combustion of Non-Open-Flame Resistant Canadian Mattresses in a Room Environment.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Book or Conf
- Fire and Materials 2009. 11th International Conference. Conference Papers. Proceedings. Organised by Interscience Communications Limited. January 26-28, 2009,
Interscience Communications Limited, London, England,
San Francisco, CA,
633-644 p.,
2009
- Keywords
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mattresses
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combustion
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experiments
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heat release rate
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calorimeters
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flashover
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rooms
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bedrooms
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computer models
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upholstered furniture
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test facilities
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instruments
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heat flux
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ceilings
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walls
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temperature
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smoke
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floors
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polyurethane foams
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temperature profiles
- Identifiers
- five twin-size mattresses; well-instrumented room calorimeter; "Characterization of Fires in Multi-Suite Residential Dwellings (CFMRD)"; heat release rates of mattresses and sleep sets found in the literature; CFMRD test room and heat release rate calorimeter test facility; heat flux gauge installations on the ceiling and walls of the test room; self-propagating fires; sequence of events during the fire experiments; combustion characteristics of five different non-open-flame resistant mattresses; Canadian marketplace