
Flammability Testing of Materials Used in Construction, Transport, and Mining
Description
Key Features
- Relays all new developments in fire safety standards, regulations and performance requirements
- Covers a broad range of infrastructure sectors such as construction, transport, and mining
- Updated to include cutting-edge fire tests and the latest iteration of standards including ISO, ASTM, and EN
Readership
Table of Contents
1. Understanding material flammability
Chris Lautenberger
2. Fundamental measurement techniques
Marc Janssens
3. Flammability of wood products
Birgit Anna-Lisa Östman
4. Flammability tests for external cladding on buildings
Kevin Frank, Ed Soja and Colleen Wade
5. Fire hazard assessment of wall and ceiling fire spread in rooms
Colleen Wade and Greg Baker
6. Fire behaviour of sandwich panels
Patrick Van Hees
7. Flammability tests for upholstered furniture and mattresses
Charles M. Fleischmann
8. Flammability tests for cables
Bjorn Sundstrom
9. Flammability tests for electrical appliances
Margaret Simonson McNamee
10. Flammability tests for regulation of building and construction materials
Laura Hasburgh and Kuma Sumathipala
11. Fire testing in road and railway tunnels
Haukur Ingason
12. Flammability tests for aircraft
J.M. Peterson
13. Flammability testing in the mining sector
H.C. Verakis
14. Flammability tests for railway passenger cars
R.D. Peacock and R.W. Bukowski
15. Ships and submarines
Brian Lattimer
16. Tests for spontaneous ignition of solid materials
H. Wang and Bogdan Z. Dlugogorski
Product details
- No. of pages: 464
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Woodhead Publishing 2021
- Published: November 17, 2021
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081028018
- eBook ISBN: 9780081028186
About the Editor
Vivek Apte
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