Fire and Materials 2007 Conference Programme Monday 29th January

	Monday 29th January
8.00	Registration and early coffee
	MATERIAL FLAMMABILITY SESSION Welcome and Session Chair: Steve Grayson, Interscience Communications, UK
	Regression Models of The ISO 9705 Room/Corner Test Marc Janssens, K Carpenter, J Huczek, A Sauceda, SwRI, USA
	Inherent Flammability Parameters – Room Corner Test Application Jim Quintiere, Univ of Maryland, USA and Danjun Lian, Chinese People’s Armed Police Force Academy, PRC
	Heat Release Rate And Computer Fire Modelling Vs. Real Scale Fire Tests In Passenger Trains J A. Capote, Daniel Alvear, M Lázaro & P Espina, Group GIDAI – University of Cantabria, Spain
	Steady Heat Release rate by The Moment-Area Method Richard Lyon, FAA, USA
10.20	Discussion
10.40	Refreshment Break
	Session Chair: Richard Lyon, FAA, USA
	Cone Calorimeter Testing of UL-94V Rated Plastics: Effects of Heat Flux and Sample Thickness Alex Morgan, University of Dayton Research Institute and M Bundy, NIST, USA
	Burning Behavior at High Applied Heat Flux Levels and Flame Heat Flux in Enhanced Ambient Oxygen Patricia Beaulieu, FM Global and N Dembsey, WPI, USA
	Flammability of Combustible Materials in Reduced Oxygen Environment Yibing Xin, M Khan, FM Global, USA
12.10	Discussion
12.25	Lunch
	Session Chair: James Quintiere, University of Maryland, USA
	Device and Method for Measuring Absorbed Heat Flux Mohammed Khan, J de Ris, FM Global, USA
	Flammability Characteristics of Finished Oak Veneer Plywood Frederick Mowrer, University of Maryland, USA
	Experimental Study of Flame Spread on Conveyor Belts in a Small-Scale Tunnel Charles Litton, Liming Yuan, National Inst for Occupation Safety & Health, USA
	Flame Retardant Performance of Halogen Free, Alumina Trihydrate Based Bulk Molding Compound Gary C. Rex, J. M. Huber Corporation
15.05	Discussion
15.25	Refreshment Break
	CABLES SESSION Session Chair: Margaret Simonson, SP, Sweden
	Electrical Cable Response to Elevated Heat Exposure Elyahu Avidor, M Modarres, Univ of Maryland, USA
	Observations From Testing Multi-Component or Non-Standard Shaped Samples by The Cone Calorimeter-FTIR Spectrometry Method Malgosia Kanabus-Kaminska, G Lougheed, NRC, Canada
	Conditions that Can Cause Upper Thermal Limits on Residential Wiring to be Exceeded John Shea, Eaton Corporation, USA
	Heat Release Measurements on FRLS Cables using Cone Calorimeter - CPRIs Experience Nageshwar Rao, R Arun Jothi, A Srinivasan, A Sudhindra, Central Power Research Institute, India
17.15	Discussion
17.30	Close
17.45	Drinks Reception and Welcome Buffet

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