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Glenn P. Forney, Richard W. Bukowski, William D. Davis
This report documents the work performed during the first year of the International Fire Detection Research Project sponsored by the National Fire Protection...
Richard D. Peacock, Glenn P. Forney, Paul A. Reneke, Walter W. Jones, R W. Portier
CFAST is a zone model capable of predicting the environment in a multi-compartment structure subjected to a fire. It calculates the time evolving distribution...
Richard D. Peacock, Glenn P. Forney, Paul A. Reneke, Walter W. Jones
CFAST is a zone model capable of predicting the environment in a multi-compartment structure subjected to a fire. It calculates the time evolving distribution...
An annotated bibliography is presented of published papers and reports on the topic of Cone Calorimeter apparatus, test data, and engineering applications of...
Vyto Babrauskas, Richard Peacock, E Braun, Richard W. Bukowski, Walter W. Jones
U. S. and Canadian reaction-to-fire tests for wire and cable are examined. The technical basis for their development is analyzed. The data requirements for...
Vyto Babrauskas, Richard H. Harris Jr., E Braun, Barbara C. Levin, M Paabo, Richard Gann
The need was seen for establishing a methodology by which bench-scale fire toxicity methods could be validated against real-scale room fires. The present study...
Richard G. Gann, J D. Barnes, S Davis, J S. Harris, Richard H. Harris Jr., J T. Herron, Barbara C. Levin, F I. Mopsik, Kathy A. Notarianni, Marc R. Nyden, M Paabo, Richard E. Ricker
The current halogenated fire suppressants, halons 1301 and 1211, are among the compounds whose production is restricted by the Montreal Protocol of 1987. The...
A means for calibrating total heat flux gauges using a comparative (substtution) technique has been established. An apparatus consisting of a reference...