Measuring the Fire Growth Potential of Combustible Solids Using a Cone Calorimeter [Report]

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• Creators:
  Lyon, Richard E.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center. Fire Safety Section
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Aircraft Certification Service
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Flammability tests
  • Combustion
  • Solids
  • Fire resistance
  • Combustion efficiency
  • Aircraft materials
  • Flash point
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/TC-24/21
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
• Abstract:
  The fire growth rate of interior linings, furnishings, and construction materials is measured in full-scale fire tests such as the ASTM E84 Steiner Tunnel, the ISO 9705 room fire, and a passenger aircraft cabin as the flame spread rate, time-to-flashover, or time to incapacitation, respectively. The results are used to indicate the level of passive fire protection afforded by the combustible material or product in the test. These large-scale tests require many square meters of product, are very expensive to conduct, and can exhibit poor repeatability- making them unsuitable for product development, quality control, or product surveillance. For this reason, smaller ( 0.01 m2) samples are tested in bench-scale fire calorimeters under controlled conditions, and these one-dimensional burning histories are correlated with the results of the two- and three-dimensional burning histories in full-scale fire tests by a variety of empirical and semi-empirical fire propagation indices, as well as analytic and computer models that are particular to the full-scale fire test.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76660/dot_76660_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.41 MB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Fire Safety
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