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Fire test ratings for civil defense shelters

Labes, W.G. / Varley, R.B. / Waterman, T.E.

Civil defense shelters must be effective against fire and fire gases for duration of dangerous radiation levels following nuclear attack; present test facilities are acceptable in evaluation of fallout and blast shelters as effective barriers against fire; furnaces could be equipped with gas and heat collecting systems needed to evaluate additional shelter functions; proper specimen restraint will be more critical than in present testing since frequency and size of crack formation influences passage of gases; exposures can be described as time-oriented functions of temperature, pressure, and CO concentration with performance classed as temperature attained, amount of gas flow, or structural collapse.

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Fire test ratings for civil defense shelters

Labes, W.G. / Varley, R.B. / Waterman, T.E.

Civil defense shelters must be effective against fire and fire gases for duration of dangerous radiation levels following nuclear attack; present test facilities are acceptable in evaluation of fallout and blast shelters as effective barriers against fire; furnaces could be equipped with gas and heat collecting systems needed to evaluate additional shelter functions; proper specimen restraint will be more critical than in present testing since frequency and size of crack formation influences passage of gases; exposures can be described as time-oriented functions of temperature, pressure, and CO concentration with performance classed as temperature attained, amount of gas flow, or structural collapse.

Fire test ratings for civil defense shelters

Labes, W.G. / Varley, R.B. / Waterman, T.E.

Civil defense shelters must be effective against fire and fire gases for duration of dangerous radiation levels following nuclear attack; present test facilities are acceptable in evaluation of fallout and blast shelters as effective barriers against fire; furnaces could be equipped with gas and heat collecting systems needed to evaluate additional shelter functions; proper specimen restraint will be more critical than in present testing since frequency and size of crack formation influences passage of gases; exposures can be described as time-oriented functions of temperature, pressure, and CO concentration with performance classed as temperature attained, amount of gas flow, or structural collapse.

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Title:

Fire test ratings for civil defense shelters

Additional title:

Fire Technology

Contributors:

Labes, W.G. (author) / Varley, R.B. (author) / Waterman, T.E. (author)

Published in:

Fire Technology ; 2

Publication date:

1966

Size:

6 pages

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Print

Language:

English

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