New Concepts for Fire Protection of Passenger Rail Transportation Vehicles.
New Concepts for Fire Protection of Passenger Rail
Transportation Vehicles.
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Peacock, R. D.; Bukowski, R. W.; Jones, W. W.; Reneke,
P. A.
Interscience Communications Limited. Fire and
Materials. International Conference, 2nd. September
23-24, 1993, Arlington, VA, 171-180 pp, 1993 AND
International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire
Safety Science. Proceedings. 4th International
Symposium. July 13-17, 1994, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
International Association for Fire Safety Science,
Boston, MA, Kashiwagi, T., Editor, 1007-1016 pp, 1994,
1993.
Keywords:
fire protection; passenger vehicles; transportation;
heat release rate; hazard analysis; fire hazard; risk
assessment; railroads; fire risk assessment
Abstract:
Recent advances in guided ground transportation, fire
test methods, and hazard analysis necessitate
re-examination of requirements for fire safety. Several
studies have indicated nearly random ability of current
tests to predict actual fire behavior. A comparison of
the approaches used in the United States, Germany, and
France is presented. With the strengths and weaknesses
of current methods for measuring the fire performance of
materials used in rail transit systems reviewed, a
direction is suggested in which most fire
science-oriented organizations in the world are clearly
headed - fire hazard and fire risk assessment methods
supported by measurement methods based on heat release
rate.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899