Potential Alternative Methodology for Evaluating Flammability of Interior Automotive Materials

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• Creators:
  Huczek, Jason P ; Janssens, Marc L. ; Cabiness, Spring ; Friedman, Keith ; Mattos, Garrett ; Stephenson, Rhoads
• Corporate Creators:
  Southwest Research Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Vehicle Safety Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Flammable materials
  • Interior design
  • Child restraint systems
  • Passenger vehicles
  • Flames
  • Transportation
  • FMVSS No. 302
  • motorcoach
  • flamespread
  • ASTM D7309
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 812 091
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1530210
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This paper describes results of an ongoing research program conducted at Southwest Research Institute for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The purpose of the research is to improve the repeatability and reproducibility of evaluating the flammability of interior materials that are difficult to test according to FMVSS No. 302 (e.g., rigid non-planar materials, parts smaller than the FMVSS No. 302 specimen size, etc.). The goal is to identify an alternative existing small-scale fire test method for which FMVSS No. 302 equivalent pass/fail criteria can be established. Three alternative small-scale test methods were considered. The microscale combustion calorimeter as described in ASTM D7309 was found to be the most promising.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55583/dot_55583_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 20.30 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Vehicle Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e72b4f4d393058a7990b94e0cff11aa6acabd4aaa708de96beb5a450d97a40d1