- Author
- Beaulieu, P. A. | Dembsey, N. A. | Alpert, R. L.
- Title
- Flammability Characteristics at Applied Heat Flux Levels Up to 200 kW/m2: Time to Ignition and Mass Loss Flux.
- Coporate
- FM Global, Norwood, MA Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA
- Report
- Volume 2
- Book or Conf
- Interflam 2004. (Interflam '04). International Interflam Conference, 10th Proceedings. Volume 2. July 5-7, 2004. Organised by Interscience Communications Ltd. in association with National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building Research Establishment; National Fire Protection Association; Society of Fire Protection Engineers; and Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Edinburgh, Scotland, 917-928 p., 2004
- Keywords
- fire science | fire safety | flammability | heat flux | ignition time | mass loss | ignition | combustion | temperature profiles | alumina silicate | polymethyl methacrylate | steady state
- Identifiers
- FM Global's Advanced Flammability Measurements Apparatus (AFM); horizontal ignition and burning; mass loss flux results; using the temperature profile to understand ignition behavior; using the temperature profile to understand steady state burning behavior; predicted surface temperature from the analytical solution using the experimental obtained ignition time for that heat flux level and thermal properties at 350 deg C