Flammability Testing of Materials used in Construction, Transport, and Mining, Second Edition provides an authoritative guide to current best practice in ensuring fire-safe design.
The book begins by discussing the fundamentals of flammability, measurement techniques, and the main types of fire tests for various applications. Building on this foundation, a group of chapters then reviews tests for key materials used in the building, transport, and mining sectors. There are chapters on wood products, external cladding, and sandwich panels as well as the flammability of walls and ceilings linings. Tests for upholstered furniture and mattresses, cables, and electrical appliances are also reviewed. A final group of chapters discusses fire tests for the transport sector, including those for railway passenger cars, aircraft, road and rail tunnels, ships, and submarines. There is also a chapter on tests for spontaneous ignition of solid materials.
With its distinguished international team of contributors, Flammability Testing of Materials used in Construction, Transport, and Mining is an invaluable reference for fire safety, civil, chemical, mechanical, mining and transport engineers.
In this revised edition, the latest information is provided on fire testing of products, systems, components, and materials used across these essential sectors, with all regulations and standards brought up to date.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Front Matter - p. iii 6. Front Matter - p. iii 7. Copyright - p. iii 8. Contents - p. iii 9. Preface to Second Edition - p. iii 10. Contributors - p. iii 11. 1. Understanding material flammability - p. iii 12. 2. Fundamental measurement techniques - p. iii 13. 3. Flammability of wood construction products - p. iii 14. 4. Flammability tests for building facades - p. iii 15. 5. Fire hazard assessment of wall and ceiling fire spread in rooms - p. iii 16. 6. Fire behavior of sandwich panels - p. iii 17. 7. Flammability tests for upholstered furniture and mattresses - p. iii 18. 8. Cables - p. iii 19. 9. Flammability tests for electrical appliances - p. iii 20. 10. Flammability tests for regulation of building and construction materials - p. iii 21. 11. Fire testing in road and railway tunnels - p. iii 22. 12. Flammability tests for aircraft - p. iii 23. 13. Flammability testing in the mining sector - p. iii 24. 14. Flammability tests for railway passenger cars - p. iii 25. 15. Ships and submarines - p. iii 26. 16. Tests for spontaneous ignition of solid materials - p. iii 27. Index - p. iii
Flammability Testing of Materials used in Construction, Transport, and Mining, Second Edition provides an authoritative guide to current best practice in ensuring fire-safe design.
The book begins by discussing the fundamentals of flammability, measurement techniques, and the main types of fire tests for various applications. Building on this foundation, a group of chapters then reviews tests for key materials used in the building, transport, and mining sectors. There are chapters on wood products, external cladding, and sandwich panels as well as the flammability of walls and ceilings linings. Tests for upholstered furniture and mattresses, cables, and electrical appliances are also reviewed. A final group of chapters discusses fire tests for the transport sector, including those for railway passenger cars, aircraft, road and rail tunnels, ships, and submarines. There is also a chapter on tests for spontaneous ignition of solid materials.
With its distinguished international team of contributors, Flammability Testing of Materials used in Construction, Transport, and Mining is an invaluable reference for fire safety, civil, chemical, mechanical, mining and transport engineers.
In this revised edition, the latest information is provided on fire testing of products, systems, components, and materials used across these essential sectors, with all regulations and standards brought up to date.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Front Matter - p. iii 6. Front Matter - p. iii 7. Copyright - p. iii 8. Contents - p. iii 9. Preface to Second Edition - p. iii 10. Contributors - p. iii 11. 1. Understanding material flammability - p. iii 12. 2. Fundamental measurement techniques - p. iii 13. 3. Flammability of wood construction products - p. iii 14. 4. Flammability tests for building facades - p. iii 15. 5. Fire hazard assessment of wall and ceiling fire spread in rooms - p. iii 16. 6. Fire behavior of sandwich panels - p. iii 17. 7. Flammability tests for upholstered furniture and mattresses - p. iii 18. 8. Cables - p. iii 19. 9. Flammability tests for electrical appliances - p. iii 20. 10. Flammability tests for regulation of building and construction materials - p. iii 21. 11. Fire testing in road and railway tunnels - p. iii 22. 12. Flammability tests for aircraft - p. iii 23. 13. Flammability testing in the mining sector - p. iii 24. 14. Flammability tests for railway passenger cars - p. iii 25. 15. Ships and submarines - p. iii 26. 16. Tests for spontaneous ignition of solid materials - p. iii 27. Index - p. iii
