- Author
- Bwalya, A. | Gibbs, E. | Louheed, G. | Kashef, A. | 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
- mattresses | combustion | experiments | heat release rate | calorimeters | flashover | rooms | bedrooms | computer models | upholstered furniture | test facilities | instruments | heat flux | ceilings | walls | temperature | smoke | floors | polyurethane foams | 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