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Fire and upholstered furniture
Author(s) -
Paul K. T.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/fam.810100106
Subject(s) - ignition system , fire test , forensic engineering , flame spread , poison control , engineering , architectural engineering , computer science , combustion , civil engineering , aerospace engineering , medical emergency , medicine , chemistry , organic chemistry
Both ignition and rate of fire development tests are required to determine the fire performance of upholstered composites. Current practice uses small‐model specimens for ignitability tests but rate of burning tests are usually carried out on actual furniture. This paper discuss small‐ and large‐scale tests for upholstered furniture.