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Various definitions of flame retardancy and fire retardancy are considered. It is concluded that, for the present purpose, fire retardancy is 'the property of a combustible material which reduces destruction by fire.' This definition leads directly to a method of measuring fire retardance - full scale fire testing of prototypes. The limitations of such a method are discussed and the possibility of using laboratory scale property measurements to predict fire performance are explored. Such methods are of limited use because they frequently fail to simulate the environment of real fires and because they do not adequately represent the dynamics of fire growth. Mathematical modeling is suggested as a means of bridging the gap between laboratory measured properties of materials and fire performance. It is concluded that appropriately chosen small scale tests can guide product development, but at the present time the safety of a design must be confirmed by full scale prototype tests.
Various definitions of flame retardancy and fire retardancy are considered. It is concluded that, for the present purpose, fire retardancy is 'the property of a combustible material which reduces destruction by fire.' This definition leads directly to a method of measuring fire retardance - full scale fire testing of prototypes. The limitations of such a method are discussed and the possibility of using laboratory scale property measurements to predict fire performance are explored. Such methods are of limited use because they frequently fail to simulate the environment of real fires and because they do not adequately represent the dynamics of fire growth. Mathematical modeling is suggested as a means of bridging the gap between laboratory measured properties of materials and fire performance. It is concluded that appropriately chosen small scale tests can guide product development, but at the present time the safety of a design must be confirmed by full scale prototype tests.
Measurement and Meaning of Flame Retardance
C. Huggett (author)
1979
8 pages
Report
No indication
English
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