Citation

Wanna JT, Tewarson A. J. Fire Sci. 2001; 19(6): 401-411.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/073490401773732418

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

ASTM E2058 (NFPA 287) Fire Propagation apparatus was used to determine the Critical Heat Flux (CHF) and Thermal Response Parameter (TRPthin) of 10 fabrics by measuring time to ignition at different heat flux values. CHF values were in the range 15-25 kW/m2 and decreased with fabric areal density and cation content. TRPthin values expressed as areal density heat capacity ignition temperature above ambient were in the range 500-2439kW-s/m2. There was a reasonable correlation between the measured TRPthin values and the areal density of the fabrics examined in this study. Light areal density fabrics with low TRPthin values (≤ 1000 kW-s/m2) had high ignitions with the fast smoldering cigarette, while heavy areal density fabrics (≥ 1200 kW-s/m2) had high ignitions with the slow smoldering cigarette.

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