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Author
Wenzel, A. B. | Janssens, M. L.
Title
Using the Cone Calorimeter to Assess Combustibility of Building Products.
Coporate
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Book or Conf
Fire Research Development and Application in the 21st Century. FORUM 2000 Symposium. Organized by Architectural and Building Research Institute (ABRI), MOI, and FORUM for International Cooperation in Fire Research. Proceedings. October 23-24, 2000, Taipei, Taiwan, 1-26 p., 2000
Keywords
fire research | cone calorimeters | combustibility | building codes | building materials | heat release rate | materials tests | reproducibility
Identifiers
history of HRR-based combustibility assessment; BDMC cone calorimeter round robin; Board for the Development of a Model Code (BDMC); challenges in using HRR to assess combustibility; standard deviations as a function of measured values; repeatability and reproducibility as a function of measured values