- Author
- White, N. | Dowling, V. | Barnett, J.
- Title
- Full-Scale Fire Experiment on a Typical Passenger Train.
- Coporate
- CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology, Highett, Victoria 3190, Australia
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Beijing, China, Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors, 1157-1168 p., 2005
- Keywords
- fire research | fire safety | fire science | compartment fires | passenger trains | large scale fire tests | experiments | fire spread | combustible materials | temperature measurements | heat flux | gas analysis | ignition time | gas temperature | ceilings | wall linings | flashover
- Identifiers
- typical Australian passenger train; fully developed fire; installed materials; flow measurement; carriage and materials tested were selected from scrap stock; time to involvement of materials at discrete distances along the carriage; all temperatures at center of carriage at opposite end from ignition point; behavior of the ceiling and upper wall linings