- Author
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Lee, C.
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Kim, I. Y.
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Wood, A.
- Title
- Investigation and Correlation of Manikin and Bench-Scale Fire Testing of Clothing Systems.
- Coporate
- Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command, Natick, MA
Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA
- Journal
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Fire and Materials,
Vol. 26,
No. 6,
269-278,
November/December 2002
- Keywords
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clothing
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fire tests
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protective clothing
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test methods
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fire protection
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heat detectors
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burns (injuries)
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human beings
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ASTM F 1930-99
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heat flux
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temperature
- Identifiers
- Manikin tests; five configurations of current military fire protective clothing systems (A, aviators, B, tankers); air gap measurements; bench-scale tests; incident heat flux comparison; general heat sensor temperature comparison; detailed heat sensor temperature and burn injury comparison; comparison of burn injury prediction for clothing configuration 1A between manikin and bench-scale tests for heat sensors with small or large air gaps and approximately 2 Cal/cm2-s incident heat flux; comparison of burn injury prediction for clothing configuration 3A between manikin and bench-scale tests for heat sensors with small or large air gaps and approximately 2 Cal/cm2-s incident heat; comparison of burn injury prediction for clothing configuration 1A between manikin and bench-scale tests for heat sensors in the leg area