- Author
- Underwriters Laboratories, Incorporated
- Title
- Fire, Strength, Physical Property and Identification Testing of Reinforced Plastic for Boat Hulls Under the Classification Program. Hooker Chemical Corp., Durez Division, North Tonawanda, New York.
- Coporate
- Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Northbrook, IL
- Report
- File R6554; Assignment 70CH7415, May 19, 1971, 64 p.
- Keywords
- boats | reinforced plastics | physical properties | fire tests | exposure | test methods | tunnel furnaces
- Abstract
- The object of this investigation of reinforced plastic for boat hulls was threefold: [1] to measure and classify specific fire properties of the interior and exterior of simulated hull sections using the exposure conditions and test procedure prescribed by the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Standard UK723 for the Fire Hazard Classification of Building Materials, which describes the 25 ft tunnel furnace; [2] to develop chemical, physical, and small scale fire test data identifying the materials under evaluation, so as to permit the establishment of Classification and Follow-Up Service on factory production and meke the authorized Classification Mark available for application to the finished product; and [3] conduct physical property tests on reinforced plastic hull sections to establish their relative strength in bending, tension, and compression,using the methodology of Federal Test Method Standard No. 406, referenced by Mil-P-17549C and Mil-R-7575C, as the initial step toward future studies that could potentially lead to a multiple test procedure encompassing fire, structural, and other safety considerations, whereby boat hulls could be classified with respect to overall performance.