Use of small-scale testing to predict Cal 133 performance

✍ Scribed by Herman H. Forsten

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 147 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0308-0501
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1018(199707/08)21:4<153::aid-fam585>3.0.co;2-8

✦ Synopsis

The use of the cone calorimeter to predict the performance of upholstered furniture in open-flame ignition tests such as Cal 133 is reviewed. Fabric-fire blocker-foam composite tests are correlated to full-scale chair burn results for a wide range of upholstery fabrics. The ACT/DFA study as well as CBUF models are discussed.