TY - JOUR PY - 1986// TI - A simplified characterization of upholstered furniture heat release rates JO - Fire safety journal A1 - Babrauskas, Vytenis A1 - Walton, William D. SP - 181 EP - 192 VL - 11 IS - 3 N2 - The technology for measuring uphostered furniture heat release rates was established with the development of the furniture calorimeter. Analysis of a large number of tests in the furniture calorimeter has now demonstrated that for most specimens a good approximation to the rate of heat release as a function of time may take the form of a triangle. Methods of generating such curves, suitable for fire protection engineering hazard assessment purposes, have been developed.

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