Fire Behavior of Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses

John Krasny, William Haber, Vytenis Babrauskas0815514573, 9780815514572, 1591241774, 9781591241775, 9780815517191

In the United States alone, deaths due to furniture and bed fires still rank as the top-most category of fire losses. The flammability of upholstered furniture is a major concern of engineers and others across a wide swath of organizations. This book was written to provide its audience with the science and engineering need to better understand the combustibility of the products they manufacture, purchase, and try to extinguish. Beginning with a brief overview of materials, safety design and standards, the text covers topics such as flame ignition, spread, toxic gases, heat release rate (HRR), test methods, fire hazard analysis, and selected regulations in the US, UK, and EU.

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Table of contents :
FIRE BEHAVIOR OFUPHOLSTERED FURNITUREAND MATTRESSES……Page 2
Preface……Page 5
Contents……Page 8
1 Introduction……Page 13
2 Fundamentals……Page 30
3 Test Methods, Standardsand Regulations……Page 95
4 Ignition Sources……Page 175
5 Effects of Test Apparatusand of Test Scale……Page 199
6 Upholstered Item DesignEngineering……Page 219
7 Modeling……Page 332
8 Fire Hazard Analysis……Page 358
9 Conclusions……Page 370
Exercises and Solutions……Page 372
Abbreviations……Page 389
References……Page 391
Index……Page 435