Fire Publications - thermoplastics

thermoplastics

• Aspects of the Fire Behavior of Thermoplastic Materials.
  NIST TN 1493; NIST Technical Note 1493; 158 p. January 2008.
  Ohlemiller, T. J.; Shields, J. R.
• Burning Rate and Flame Heat Flux for PMMA in the Cone Calorimeter.
  NIST GCR 95-664; Thesis; 125 p. December 1994.
  Rhodes, B. T.
• Bursting Bubbles From Combustion of Thermoplastic Materials in Microgravity.
  NASA/CP-1999-208917;Microgravity Combustion Workshop, Fifth (5th) International. Proceedings. Sponsored by NASA Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications and the Microgravity Combustion Science Discipline Working Group hosted by NASA Glenn Research Center and the National Center for Microgravity Research on Fluids and Combustion. NASA/CP-1999-208917. May 18-20, 1999, Cleveland, OH, 93-96 pp, 1999.
  Butler, K. M.
• Cable Response to Live Fire (CAROLFIRE) Volume 3: Thermally-Induced Electrical Failure (THIEF) Model.
  NISTIR 7472; NUREG/CR-6931; Volume 3; 74 p. April 2008.
  McGrattan, K. B.; Dreisbach, J.
• Computational Model for Fire Growth and Spread On Thermoplastic Objects. Final Report.
  NIST GCR 07-914; REI Project 4716; 419 p. November 2007.
  Bockelie, M.; Tang, Q.
• Condensed Phase Phenomena in Commodity Polymers Undergoing Degradation/Gasification.
  NISTIR 6242; October 1998.National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts. November 2-5, 1998, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 51-52 pp, 1998.
  Steckler, K. D.; Ohlemiller, T. J.; Kashiwagi, T.
• Cone Calorimeter Analysis of UL-94 V-Rated Plastics.
  Fire and Materials, Vol. 31, No. 4, 257-283, June/July 2007.
  Morgan, A. B.; Bundy, M.
• Exploring the Role of Polymer Melt Viscosity in Melt Flow and Flammability Behavior.
  New Developments and Key Market Trends in Flame Retardancy. Fall Conference. Proceedings. Fire Retardant Chemicals Association. October 15-18, 2000, Ponte Vedra, FL, Fire Retardant Chemicals Assoc., Lancaster, PA, 1-28 pp, 2000.
  Ohlemiller, T. J.; Shields, J. R.; Butler, K. M.; Collins, B.; Seck, M. D.
• Fire Retardant Additives for Polymeric Materials. Part 1. Char Formation From Silica Gel-Potassium Carbonate.
  NISTIR 6030; June 1997.U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 13th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 2. March 13-20, 1996, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 261-270 pp, 1997.Fire and Materials, Vol. 21, No. 1, 23-32, 1997.
  Gilman, J. W.; Ritchie, S. J.; Kashiwagi, T.; Lomakin, S. M.
• Fire Safe Materials Project at NIST.
  NISTIR 6588; November 2000.U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 15th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 1. Proceedings. March 1-7, 2000, San Antonio, TX, Bryner, S. L., Editor(s), 71-79 pp, 2000.
  Kashiwagi, T.; Butler, K. M.; Gilman, J. W.
• Full-Scale Flammability Measures for Electronic Equipment.
  NIST Technical Note 1461; NIST TN 1461; 52 p. August 2004.
  Bundy, M.; Ohlemiller, T. J.
• Heat Transfer in an Intumescent Material Using a Three-Dimensional Lagrangian Model.
  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). International Conference on Fire Research and Engineering (ICFRE). Proceedings. September 10-15, 1995, Orlando, FL, SFPE, Boston, MA, Lund, D. P.; Angell, E. A., Editor(s)(s), 261-266 pp, 1995.
  Butler, K. M.; Baum, H. R.; Kashiwagi, T.
• Mixed Layer Model for Pyrolysis of Bubbling Thermoplastic Materials.
  NISTIR 6242; October 1998.National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts. November 2-5, 1998, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 31-32 pp, 1998.
  Butler, K. M.
• Modeling Polymer Melt Flow Using the Particle Finite Element Method.
  Volume 2;Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. Volume 2. September 3-5, 2007, London, England, 929-940 pp, 2007.
  Butler, K. M.; Onate, E.; Idelsohn, S. R.; Rossi, R.
• Model of Melting and Dripping Thermoplastic Objects in Fire.
  Fire and Materials 2009. 11th International Conference. Conference Papers. Proceedings. Organised by Interscience Communications Limited. January 26-28, 2009, San Francisco, CA, Interscience Communications Limited, London, England, 341-352 pp, 2009.
  Butler, K. M.
• Numerical Model for Combustion of Bubbling Thermoplastic Materials in Microgravity.
  NISTIR 6894; 67 p. August 2002.
  Butler, K. M.
• Numerical Modeling for Combustion of Thermoplastic Materials in Microgravity
  Microgravity Combustion Workshop, Fourth (4th) International. Proceedings. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Lewis Research Center. NASA Conference Publication 10194. May 19-21, 1997, Cleveland, OH, 249-254 pp, 1997.
  Butler, K. M.
• Numerical Model of Bubbling Thermoplastics. (Abstract/Presentation)
  NIST SP 998; May 2003.
  Butler, K. M.
• Predicting the Ignition Time and Burning Rate of Thermoplastics in the Cone Calorimeter. January 1995-June 1995.
  NIST GCR 95-677; 191 p. September 1995.
  Hopkins, D., Jr.
• Progress Report on Numerical Modeling of Experimental Polymer Melt Flow Behavior.
  Volume 2;Interflam 2004. (Interflam '04). International Interflam Conference, 10th Proceedings. Volume 2. July 5-7, 2004. Organised by Interscience Communications Ltd. in association with National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building Research Establishment; National Fire Protection Association; Society of Fire Protection Engineers; and Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, 937-948 pp, 2004.
  Butler, K. M.; Ohlemiller, T. J.; Linteris, G. T.
• Reduced Gravity Combustion of Thermoplastic Spheres.
  Combustion and Flame, Vol. 120, No. 1/2, 61-74, January 2000.
  Yang, J. C.; Hamins, A.; Donnelly, M. K.
• Small-Scale Vertical Flammability Testing for Fabrics.
  Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, 229-241, 1990.
  Villa, K. M.; Krasny, J. F.
• Synthesis and Characterization of New Thermoplastic Fire Resistant Materials.
  Evolving Technologies for the Competitive Edge. SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition, 42nd International Proceedings. Volume 42. Book 2. Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE). May 4-8, 1997, Anaheim, CA, Haulik, T.; Bailey, V.; Burton, R., Editor(s)(s), 1381-1391 pp, 1997.
  McGrath, J. E.; Ghassemi, H.; Riley, D.; Liu, Y. N.; Wan, I. Y.; Bhatnagar, A.; Geibel, J.; Kashiwagi, T.
• Synthesis and Characterization of New Thermopolastic Fire Resistant Materials.
  Plastics: Racing Into the Future. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibits, 54th. ANTEC '96. Proceedings. 1996, 3043-3048 pp, 1996.
  McGrath, J. E.; Ghassemi, H.; Riley, D.; Wan, I. Y.; Bhatnagar, A.; Kashiwagi, T.
• Three Dimensional Modeling of Intumescent Behavior in Fires.
  International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Fifth (5th) International Symposium. March 3-7, 1997, Melbourne, Australia, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Hasemi, Y., Editor(s), 523-534 pp, 1997.
  Butler, K. M.; Baum, H. R.; Kashiwagi, T.