- Author
- Fackler, J. P.
- Title
- La reaction au feu des materiauz au cours des incendies. Essais en grandeur de developpement du feu dans un local d'habitation. Comparaison des resultats avec ceux obtenus au cours d'essais normalises sur petits echantillons. [Reaction to Fire of Materials During Fires. Tests of Fire Development in Rooms. Comparison of Results With Those Obtained During Standard Tests of Small Specimens.]
- Coporate
- Cahiers du Center Scientifique et Technique du Batiment, Paris, France
- Report
- Report 47, December 1960, 19 p.
- Keywords
- flame spread | safety | risk assessment | fire tests | room fires | occupants
- Abstract
- [ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH] The danger of rapid flame-spread during the course of a fire is of vital importance to the safety of the occupants. In most countries this risk is assessed on the basis of standard tests on small samples which differ considerably from one case to another. It became clear that the validity of the classifications obtained in this way ought to be checked by actual fire tests in a full-size dwelling. An extensive research program on these lines was undertaken by the C.S.T.B. Fire Research Station. This article deals with the principles underlying these tests and with the heat-testing procedure which has been developed.