- Author
- Champion, E. R. | Giddens, W. E. | Hess, R. W. | Durbetaki, P. | Wulff, W.
- Title
- Study of Hazards From Burning Apparel and the Relation of Hazard to Tests Methods. Progress Report No. 6. July 1, 1972-September 30, 1972.
- Coporate
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- Progress Report No. 6, October 1, 1972, 54 p.
- Contract
- NSF-GRANT-GI-31882
- Keywords
- garments | fabrics | fire hazards | test methods | fabric construction | moisture | ignition | statistical analysis
- Abstract
- The purpose of the experimental and analytical research performed at the Georgia Institute of Technology is to provide the modeling rules and the fabric characteristics needed for determining the fabric ignition probability for given exposure to a heat source. The Experimental Program consists of four parts: (1) the fabric property measurements, (2) the measurement of moisture effects on fabric ignition time, (3) the assessment of the heating mode on ignition time, and (4) the collection of statistical fabric ignition data. The Analytical Program is proposed to verify and modify as necessary the complete and partial modeling analyses developed during the last year's program, specifically th including the experimentally obtained reaction kinetics of pyrolysis and convective heating in the gas flame. The analysis is scheduled to be continued after reaction kinetics have been measured. No work was performed on the analysis during the third reporting period.