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Publication Date:
February 2005
CD
Rom, 480pp with 112 tables and 306
illustrations.
Price £50.00
The
ninth international meeting in the series took place in San
Francisco, California, UK and 42 papers were presented covering:
Theory and Measurement of Fire Processes; Fire Retardance;
Fire Resistance and Large Scale Testing; Materials Fire Testing
for Regulatory Compliance; Predictive Methods; Fire Causes,
Investigation Technique; Case Studies and Fire Safety in Transportation.
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| TABLE
OF CONTENTS |
| THEORY
AND MEASUREMENT OF FIRE PROCESSES Piloted
Ignition of Combustible Solids: Richard Lyon, FAA,
USA
Determination
Of Operator Independent Ignition For Polymeric Solids:
Mohammed Khan, John de Ris, FM Global, USA
Combustion
Limits for Fire Processes: James Quintiere, University
of Maryland, USA
Uncertainty
Effects On Measurement Of Fire Characteristics Of Material
Systems: Lei Zhao, Nicholas Dembsey, Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, USA
Enhanced
Equations For Oxygen And Carbon Dioxide Calorimetry:
Patricia Beaulieu, FM Global, Nicholas Dembsey, Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, USA
Use
Of The Cone Calorimeter For Testing Materials With Low Heat
Release Rates: Sean Gregory, Andrew Green, FTT Ltd
and Stephen Grayson, Suresh Kumar, Interscience Communications
Ltd, UK, A Cornelissen, Consultant, Canada
Application Of A Heat Release Criterion For Noncombustible
Materials: Mark Nyden, Michael Smith, Richard Gann,
NIST and Richard Walters, Galaxy Scientific Corporation, USA |
FIRE
RETARDANCE
Fire
Performance Of Flame Retarded Polymers Used In Consumer Electronics:
Matthew
Bundy, Thomas Ohlemiller, NIST, USA
Effect Of Zeolite-Based
Waste Catalyst On Flame Retardance Of Various Polymeric Matrices:
Luciana Estevao, L. Bastos, M Desmarais, R Nascimento, Cidade
Universitaria Rio de Janeiro, Ruben Sanchez, CCET, UENF, Brazil,
M Le Bras ENSCL and R. Delobel CREPIM, France
Cone
Calorimeter: A Predective Tool To Determine The Fire Retardant
Performance Of Fibers: Christophe Drevelle, Carol
Magniez, IFTH, Sophie Duquesne, ENSCL and R. Delobel, CREPIM,
France |
| FIRE
RESISTANCE AND LARGE SCALE TESTS
Methodology For Measurement
Of Spalling Of Concrete : Lars Boström, SP Fire
Technology, Sweden
Impact Of The Variability
Of Type X Gypsum Board: Russell Thomas, Mohamed
Sultan, John Latour, NRCC, Canada
Prediction Of Fire
Resistance Of Japanese Bare Timber Soil Walls : Mariko
Shimizu, Yuji Hasemi, Noboru Yasui, Waseda University, Masahide
Murakami, Kinki University and Tadanori Kimura, Kyoto Cooperative
Union of Carpenters, Japan
Medium-Scale Fire
Experiments Of Commercial Premises: Alex Bwalya,
NRCC and Ehab Zalok, George Hadjisophocleous, Carleton University
Canada
Fire
Tests to Evaluate CPVC Pipe Sprinkler Systems without Fire
Resistance Barriers:
Soonil Nam, FM Global, USA
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MATERIAL
FIRE TESTING FOR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
Testing
The Fire Hazard Of Materials: Problem For Regulators:
Vincent Brannigan, University of Maryland and Elizabeth Buc,
Safety Engineering Labs Inc, USA 175
Reaction
To Fire Testing Of Construction Products For CE Marking Purposes:
Birgitte Messerschmidt Collins, Messerschmidt Consulting,
USA
Smoke
Classification Of Cables: Better Visibility In The European
Landscape? Herve Breulet, ISSeP, Belgium
Identification
And Quantification Of Smoke Components From Small-Scale Fire
Tests Of Communication Cables By An FTIR Technique :
Malgosia Kanabus-Kaminska, Gary Lougheed, NRCC, Canada
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| PREDICTIVE
METHODS
A New (Medium) Scale
Test To Predict The Fire Behaviour Of Materials For The Building
In
Relation With Intermediate Scale Test: Alain Sainrat,
C. Blanc, C. Molinier, LNE, France
Prediction of Fire
Propagation in Parallel Panel Tests: Soonil Nam,
John de Ris, Peter Wu, Robert Bill, FM Global, USA
How To Use The Cone
Calorimeter For Prediction Of Fires And Fire Test Results
And For Use As A
Product Development And Quality Control Tool – New Developments:
Patrick van Hees, Jesper Axelsson, SP Fire Technology, Sweden
Predicting Heat Release
Rates Of Railcars: Brian Lattimer, Craig Beyler,
Hughes Associates Inc, USA
Alternative
Design For Fire Safety In Ships: Andrew Grenier,
Rolf Jensen & Assc, Will Nickum, Elliott Bay Design Group,
Olof G. Sander, Washington State Ferries, USA
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| FORENSIC
/ FIRE INVESTIGATION SEMINAR
Mechanisms And Modes
For Ignition Of Low-Voltage PVC Wires, Cables, And Cords:
Vytenis Babrauskas, Fire Science & Technology Inc, USA
Influence of Overcurrent
and Heat On Tin Coated Copper Fuse Elements: Elizabeth
Buc, Safety Engineering Labs, USA
Full-Scale Arc Mapping
Tests: Larry West, Pennsylvania Association of Arson
Investigators & EFI Global & David Reiter, Verite
Forensic Engineering, USA
Physics Of DC Carbon
Tracking Of Plastics Materials: R Rhoads Stephenson,
Motor Vehicle Fire Research Institute, USA
Autoignition
Behavior Of Oiled And Washed Cotton Towels: Kevin
Gaw, Schaefer Engineering Corporation, USA
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| CASE
STUDIES
Fire
Investigation Of Clandestine Marijuana Grow Operation:
Chris Reed, A Reed, Senez Reed Calder Engineering Limited,
Canada
Lightning
Induced CSST Fires: Mark Goodson, Mark Hergenrether,
Goodson Engineering Inc., USA
Investigation
Of An Apartment Fire, Experiments For Investigating The Cause
And Mechanism
Of The Fire: Dong-gun Nam, Yuji Hasemi, D Kamikawa,
Waseda University, Japan
Experimental
And Simulated Analysis Of Room Fire Theory For Forensic Applications:
Peter Senez, K Calder, Senez Reed Calder Engineering Limited,
Canada
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| TRANSPORTATION
Improving
The Fire Performance Characteristics Of Composite Materials
For Naval Applications
Usman Sorathia, Naval Surface Warfare Center and Ignacio Perez,
Office of Naval Research, USA
Fire
Performance Of Naval Composite Structures : Joëlle
Gutierrez, P. Parneix, DCN, France, A. Bollero, CETENA, Italy,
B. Hoyning, FiReCo, D. McGeorge, Det Norske Veritas, Norway,
A.G. Gibson, P. Wright, University of Newcastle, UK
Fire
Resistant Acoustic Insulation Media For Commercial Aircraft:
Recent Changes In Regulations And Barrier Developments:
Philip Davies, A Richard Horrocks, Baljinder Kandola, Bolton
Institute and Joyce Dalton,
Tim Owen, Dalton Lucerne Rare Fibres, UK
New
Fire Classifications and Fire Test Methods for the European
Railway Industry: Stephen Grayson, Suresh Kumar,
Interscience Communications Ltd and Gary Duggan, Gary J. Duggan
& Partner, UK
New
NFPA Proposed Guide For Identification And Development Of
Mitigation Strategies For Fire
Hazard To Occupants Of Road Vehicles : Marcelo Hirschler,
GBH International, USA
Another
Look at Cone Calorimeter Predictions of FMVSS 302 Performance
: Karen Carpenter, Marc Janssens, Anthony Sauceda,
Southwest Research Institute, USA
LATE
PAPERS
The
ASTM E84 Tunnel Test And Fibre Reinforced Plastics As Interior
Finish - An Ethical Crossroad: Robert
Schroeder, Schroeder Fire Inc. and Robert B Williamson, University
of California, USA
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| Authors
Index |
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