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Mini-Matt Flammability and Its Relation to Full-Scale Mattress Flammability

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Author(s)

Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Roy A. McLane

Abstract

Mini-mattresses of a size used for commercial display, were subjected to a pair of NIST-developed gas burners and the resulting heat release behavior was recorded. Peak heat release rate and time to peak for five sample designs were compared to the full-scale bed fire behavior (based on burning bed clothes). Design-independent and design-dependent correlations between the mini-matts and full-scale were sought. The more useful of these, a design-independent correlation, was found but it is coarse due to materials and design-induced scatter in the results.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) -
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Keywords

beds, fire research, flammability, heat release rate, mattresses, scaling correlations
Fire and Buildings and Construction

Citation

Ohlemiller, T. and McLane, R. (2017), Mini-Matt Flammability and Its Relation to Full-Scale Mattress Flammability, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created February 19, 2017
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