1984 Fire Publications - Upholstered Furniture Room Fires--Measurements, Comparison with Furniture Calorimeter Data, and Flashover Predictions.

Upholstered Furniture Room Fires--Measurements, Comparison with Furniture Calorimeter Data, and Flashover Predictions.

Upholstered Furniture Room Fires--Measurements, Comparison with Furniture Calorimeter Data, and Flashover Predictions. (4669 K)
Babrauskas, V.

Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 1, 5-19, January/February 1984.

Keywords:

upholstered furniture; room fires; flashover; calorimeters

Abstract:

This paper describes a series of room fires tests using upholstered furniture items for comparison with their open burning rates, previously determined in a furniture calorimeter.

Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899