- Author
- Skaggs, J. D. | Joyce, D. V. | Lewis, K. H.
- Title
- Case Study: Fire Evolution in Infant Bedding Materials, Smoke Detector Response Time, and Tenability.
- Coporate
- CASE Forensics Corp., Seattle, WA
- 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, 921-930 p., 2009
- Keywords
- bedding | children | smoke detectors | heat release rate | tenability limits | burns (injuries) | candles | furniture | wall coverings | thermcouples | heat flux | fire models | thermal radiation | occupants | methodology | fire investigators | large scale fire tests | smoke flow | heat transmission | detector response
- Identifiers
- thermal radiation data and occupant sustainability data; Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS); FDS4 model; heat release rate and regressed t-square model for fire development; temperature measurements from thermocouple tree; threshold intensity as a function of exposure time; effect of model parameters on smoke detector activation times