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Carpet Flammability and the NBS Corridor Fire Program
The NBS corridor fire program was designed to study the effects of configuration, fuel loading and distribution, ventilation, and other design parameters on the spread of fire through corridors in multiple occupancy buildings. A fully instrumented 8 ft. x 8 ft. x 30 ft. corridor is used to carry out full-scale experiments. Fires are started in a connecting 8 ft. x8 ft. x 9 ft. fire room and the rate and intensity of fire spread in the corridor is observed. Floor coverings have received special attention during the initial phase of the program. With a sufficiently intense room fire source, fire can spread rapidly over the surface of a carpet in the corridor, even with non-combustible wall and ceiling surfaces. Results of typical experiments are described.
Carpet Flammability and the NBS Corridor Fire Program
The NBS corridor fire program was designed to study the effects of configuration, fuel loading and distribution, ventilation, and other design parameters on the spread of fire through corridors in multiple occupancy buildings. A fully instrumented 8 ft. x 8 ft. x 30 ft. corridor is used to carry out full-scale experiments. Fires are started in a connecting 8 ft. x8 ft. x 9 ft. fire room and the rate and intensity of fire spread in the corridor is observed. Floor coverings have received special attention during the initial phase of the program. With a sufficiently intense room fire source, fire can spread rapidly over the surface of a carpet in the corridor, even with non-combustible wall and ceiling surfaces. Results of typical experiments are described.
Carpet Flammability and the NBS Corridor Fire Program
C. Huggett (author)
1973
5 pages
Report
No indication
English
Industrial Safety Engineering , Buildings , Fire tests , Carpets , Flammability , Test methods , Hazards , Energy , Reviews , Corridor fires , NBS
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