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Fire behavior of polymethylmethacrylate
A. Tewarson,S.D. Ogden +1 more
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In this paper, a comprehensive study on the flammability, flame spread, and flame extinction behaviors of polymethylmethacrylate slabs and cylinders is presented, and the results show that flame spread behavior is accelerating for upward spread and nonaccelerating for downward spread.About:
This article is published in Combustion and Flame.The article was published on 1992-06-01. It has received 105 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Flame spread & Flame speed.read more
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Oxygen index: Correlations to other fire tests
TL;DR: The limiting oxygen index (LOI) test has been used extensively for quality control and additive studies as mentioned in this paper, but it is not clear that its results correlate well with those of any other test, or indeed with real fires.
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Handbook of Building Materials for Fire Protection
TL;DR: Handbook of building materials for fire protection as discussed by the authors, Handbook of Building Materials for Fire Protection (HBSFPA), Handbook of Fire Protection for Building Materials (HFPFPA).
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Characterization of thermal properties and analysis of combustion behavior of PMMA in a cone calorimeter
TL;DR: In this article, the thermal degradation of a black poly(methyl)methacrylate (PMMA) in a cone calorimeter (CC) in air with a piloted ignition has been studied.
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Upward flame spread on a vertically oriented fuel surface: The effect of finite width
TL;DR: Pagni et al. as mentioned in this paper revisited the classical problem of flame spread on solid fuels, to incorporate finite width effects and found that fraction of the fuel also diffuses to the sides and changes the amount of fuel available to participate in flame spread as excess pyrolyzate.
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Flammability Parameters of Materials: Ignition, Combustion, and Fire Propagation
TL;DR: In this paper, flammability parameters associated with the igni tion, combustion, and fire propagation processes and their usefulness for the development of fire resistant materials are discussed, including critical heat flux (CHF), thermal response response (TRP), and heat release parameter (HRP).
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An Introduction to Fire Dynamics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the physical chemistry of combustion in fire and discuss the physical properties of fire and its application in a wide range of applications in fire science and combustion.
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SFPE handbook of fire protection engineering
Morgan J. Hurley,Daniel Gottuk,John R. Hall,Kazunori Harada,Erica D. Kuligowski,Milosh Puchovsky,Jose L. Torero,JJohn M. Watts,Christopher Wieczorek +8 more
TL;DR: This book provides thorough treatment of the current best practices in fire protection engineering and performance-based fire safety, and remains the indispensible source for reliable coverage of fire safety engineering fundamentals, fire dynamics, hazard calculations, fire risk analysis, modeling and more.
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Flame retardant polymeric materials
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a method for reducing smoke from burning polymers by measuring the amount of smoke in the mixture of pyrolysis-combustion products and air.
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Controlling Mechanisms of Flame Spread
TL;DR: In this paper, heat transfer and gas phase chemical kinetic aspects of the flame spread process are addressed separately for the spread of flames in oxidizing flows that oppose or concur with the direction of propagation.