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Fire & Materials '03 


Publication Date: February 2003
Perfect Bound, 401pp with 84 tables and 291 illustrations.
Price £75.00


The eight international meeting in the series took place in San Francisco, California, UK and 36 papers were presented covering Structural Fire Performance, Materials Flammability, Commercialization, Fire Causes, Investigation Techniques and Case Studies and finally Transportation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Prediction of the structural fire performance of buildings
Fire resistance performance of lightweight framed wall assemblies: Effects of various parameters key design considerations and numerical modeling
Equivalent fire resistance of drywall construction exposed to compartment fire

Fire and flammability

Mechanical properties of gypsum board at elevated temperatures
Heat exposure in fire resistance furnaces:Full scale vs intermediate scale
Cone Calorimeter analysis of polyolefins and more especially ethylene-propylene copolymers
A model for the prediction of the thermal degradation and ignition of wood under constant and variable heat flux
Ignition characteristics of various fire indicators subjected to radiant heat fluxes
Marine composite material fire properties: Implications of uncertainty
A theory for flame extinction based on flame temperature
Fire hazards of wafer carriers in clean room environment

Cable fires in difficult to access areas – Study of the ventilation effect in horizontal and vertical test set-up

NFPA 286 Room Corner Burn Test: An alternative test for interior finish qualification
New red phosphorus masteret(s): HS&E impact optimization for new applications, from nylons to polyolefins
Fire retardant properties of AOC’s Firepel® K133 filled polyester laminates
Effervescent flame retardant system

New challenge for the incorporation of expandable graphite as a flame retardant in various polymer

Fires due to electric arcing: Can 'cause' beads be distinguished from 'victim' beads by physical or chemical testing?
Fire hazard caused by thermal degradation of organic insulating materials at plug and receptacle connections
Short-circuit faults in electrical cables and cords exposed to radiant heat
Fire Causes, Investigation Techniques and Case Studies II
Depth of calcination measurement in fire origin analysis
Flammability of hydraulic fluid under pressure: Real scale simulation of a fire incident
The SP investigation of the discotheque fire in Götenborg, 1998

Polymer products in rail and bus applications: Fire risk, fire hazard assessment and field experience

Fire induced failure of polycarbonate windows in railcars
Evaluation of fire behaviour of materials used on board of naval vessel - From national to international standard
Flammability studies of noise abatement materials used in cabs of large mobile mining equipment
Fire hazard associated with passenger cars and vans
Fire behavior of automotive polymers

Composite claddings for reduced surface flammability and smoke production on shipboard composites

Luxury flame resistant fabrics for executive jets: Design challenges
Developments in fire test instrumentation
Ignition propensity and heat flux profiles of candle flames for fire investigation
Computer tools to determine material properties for fire growth modeling from cone calorimeter data
Authors Index
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