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Publication Date:
February 2003
Perfect
Bound, 401pp with 84 tables and 291
illustrations.
Price £75.00
The
eight international meeting in the series took place in San
Francisco, California, UK and 36 papers were presented covering
Structural Fire Performance, Materials Flammability, Commercialization,
Fire Causes, Investigation Techniques and Case Studies and
finally Transportation.
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| TABLE
OF CONTENTS |
| Prediction
of the structural fire performance of buildings |
| Fire
resistance performance of lightweight framed wall assemblies:
Effects of various parameters key design considerations and
numerical modeling |
| Equivalent
fire resistance of drywall construction exposed to compartment
fire |
Fire
and flammability
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| Mechanical
properties of gypsum board at elevated temperatures |
| Heat
exposure in fire resistance furnaces:Full scale vs intermediate
scale |
| Cone
Calorimeter analysis of polyolefins and more especially ethylene-propylene
copolymers |
| A
model for the prediction of the thermal degradation and ignition
of wood under constant and variable heat flux |
| Ignition
characteristics of various fire indicators subjected to radiant
heat fluxes |
| Marine
composite material fire properties: Implications of uncertainty |
| A
theory for flame extinction based on flame temperature |
| Fire
hazards of wafer carriers in clean room environment |
| Cable
fires in difficult to access areas – Study of the ventilation
effect in horizontal and vertical test set-up |
| NFPA
286 Room Corner Burn Test: An alternative test for interior
finish qualification |
| New
red phosphorus masteret(s): HS&E impact optimization for
new applications, from nylons to polyolefins |
| Fire
retardant properties of AOC’s Firepel® K133 filled
polyester laminates |
| Effervescent
flame retardant system |
| New
challenge for the incorporation of expandable graphite as
a flame retardant in various polymer
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Fires
due to electric arcing: Can 'cause' beads be distinguished
from 'victim' beads by physical or chemical testing? |
| Fire
hazard caused by thermal degradation of organic insulating materials
at plug and receptacle connections |
| Short-circuit
faults in electrical cables and cords exposed to radiant heat |
| Fire
Causes, Investigation Techniques and Case Studies II |
| Depth
of calcination measurement in fire origin analysis |
| Flammability
of hydraulic fluid under pressure: Real scale simulation of
a fire incident |
| The
SP investigation of the discotheque fire in Götenborg,
1998 |
| Polymer
products in rail and bus applications: Fire risk, fire hazard
assessment and field experience |
| Fire
induced failure of polycarbonate windows in railcars |
| Evaluation
of fire behaviour of materials used on board of naval vessel
- From national to international standard |
| Flammability
studies of noise abatement materials used in cabs of large mobile
mining equipment |
| Fire
hazard associated with passenger cars and vans |
| Fire
behavior of automotive polymers |
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Composite
claddings for reduced surface flammability and smoke production
on shipboard composites |
| Luxury
flame resistant fabrics for executive jets: Design challenges |
| Developments
in fire test instrumentation |
| Ignition
propensity and heat flux profiles of candle flames for fire
investigation |
| Computer
tools to determine material properties for fire growth modeling
from cone calorimeter data |
| Authors
Index |
