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Interflam 2001
Proceedings of the 9th conference

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2 Volumes


Publication Date:
Sept 2001
The ninth international conference was
held in Edinburgh, Scotland 17th –19th September. The proceedings contain 94 technical presentations and keynote papers and 58 poster papers. Volume 1 contains the following papers: Keynotes , Fire Chemistry | Risk Assessment | Codes | Fire Resistance | Fire Behaviour of Materials | Detection & Suppression | Standards | Testing | Fire Dynamics | Modelling Large Fires | CFD Modelling | Volume 2 contains:| People in Fires |
Transportation Fires | Fire Investigation | Modelling | 58 Poster Papers (listed by session)| Author Index

Details: Hardback, 1570pp with 269 tables and 772 illustrations, ISBN 0 9532312 7 5 (set)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FIRE BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS
Ignition of wood - A review of the state of the art, Vytenis Babrauskas, Fire Science & Technology Inc, USA

Durability of FRT wood at exterior and humid applications - initial studies, Birgit Östman, L Tsantaridis, Tratek, Sweden

Wooden disk combustion for spot fire spread, John Woycheese, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA

Prediction of smoke production based on statistical analyses and mathematical modelling, Anne Steen
Hansen, P-J Hovde, Norwegian Univ of Science & Technology, Norway

Characterizing the thermal environment of the cone calorimeter for analyzing ignition data of materials
Marc Janssens, Univ of North Carolina, S Dillon, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire Arms , S Allwein, Southwest Research Institute, USA

Can the cone calorimeter be used to predict full scale heat and smoke release cable tray results from a full scale test protocol? Marcelo Hirschler, GBH International, USA

The effect of the melt-flow process on the fire behaviour of thermoplastics, Jo Sherratt, D Drysdale, Univ of Edinburgh, UK

Fire research and testing for new nitrate film storage facility, Martin Shipp, C Williams, N Marshall, FRS/BRE, UK


Fire performance of IT equipment studied in the furniture calorimeter, Donald Bliss, National Assc of Fire State Marshalls, USA; M Simonson, SP, Sweden

DETECTION & SUPPRESSION
Development of a re-entry evaluation detector, Linda Knutsen, A Chapman, QinetiQ Ltd, UK

Extinction of fires by direct dumping of liquid nitrogen, Yiannis Levendis, College of Engineering at Northeastern Univ, USA, M Delichatsios, CSIRO, Australia, H-Z Yu, H-C Kung, Factory Mutual Research, USA.

Modelling of foam spread on a burning liquid, Anders Lönnermark, H Persson, B Persson, SP, Sweden

Experimental study of fire ventilation procedures in a large hall, Stefan Svensson, Swedish Rescue Services Agency, P Werling, Swedish Defense Research Establishment, Sweden

Protection for nonstorage occupancies with high ceiling clearances,
Soonil Nam, A Braga, H-C Kung, J Troup, Factory Mutual Research, USA

 

STANDARDS
The SBI test method - development decisions and recommendations for use, Rudolf van Mierlo, TNO Building and Construction Research, Netherlands, B Sette, Univ of Ghent, Belgium

Development of a common European system for fire testing and classification of pipe insulation, Jesper Axelsson, B Sundström, SP, Sweden, U Rohr, Convenor CEN/TC88/WG10, Germany

The need for full scale testing of sandwich panels - Comparison of full scale tests and intermediate scale tests, Patrick Van Hees, P Johansson, SP, Sweden

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