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Preface |
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Chapter 1 Fundamentals: Flammability, ignition, and fire spread in polymers |
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1.1 Polymers and the fire triangle |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (2) |
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2 Thermal transitions, thermoplasticity, and geometric effects |
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5 | (5) |
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2.1 Thermophysical effects |
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7 | (1) |
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2.2 Thermally thin versus thermally thick materials |
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8 | (1) |
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2.3 Effect of sample geometry, orientation, and physical structure |
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3 Fuel-forming reactions: Polymer pyrolysis and ignition |
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10 | (17) |
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3.1 Thermal degradation or pyrolysis |
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10 | (2) |
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3.2 Pyrolysis of individual polymer types |
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12 | (15) |
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27 | (1) |
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5 Combustion and fire spread: Effect of incident heat flux |
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28 | (9) |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (5) |
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36 | (1) |
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6 Flame retardance: Effect of flame retardants on ignition, combustion, and smoke generation |
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37 | (10) |
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6.1 Flame-retardant types and characteristics |
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39 | (2) |
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6.2 Synergism, additivity, and antagonism |
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41 | (3) |
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6.3 Environmental challenges and the potential for nanotechnology FR developments |
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44 | (3) |
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7 General appraisal of pyrolysis/ignition/burn versus reaction-to-fire test methodologies |
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47 | (7) |
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7.1 Simple ignition-based tests |
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48 | (1) |
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7.2 Reaction-to-fire tests |
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49 | (4) |
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53 | (1) |
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74 Exemplar larger-scale, reaction-fire tests |
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54 | (2) |
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8 Conclusions and future perspectives |
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56 | (2) |
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58 | (14) |
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72 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 Forced combustion; Cone calorimetry |
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73 | (18) |
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73 | (2) |
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2 The forced-combustion environment |
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75 | (3) |
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3 Additional instrumentation |
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78 | (3) |
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81 | (5) |
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81 | (4) |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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87 | (4) |
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Chapter 3 Microscale forced combustion: Pyrolysis-combustion flow calorimetry CPCFC} |
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91 | (26) |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (3) |
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95 | (5) |
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3.1 Combining PCFC and TGA |
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95 | (1) |
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3.2 Activation energy for pyrolysis |
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95 | (2) |
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3.3 Interactions in solid phase |
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97 | (1) |
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3.4 Aerobic pyrolysis--- Thermo-oxidation |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (7) |
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4.1 Incomplete combustion in PCFC by controlling the combustor temperature |
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100 | (2) |
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4.2 Monitoring the residence time in combustor |
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102 | (2) |
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4.3 Coupling PCFC with gas analyzers |
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104 | (2) |
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4.4 Monitoring the fuel/oxygen ratio |
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106 | (1) |
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5 Prediction of flammability data |
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107 | (6) |
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5.1 Predicting the flammability of polymeric structures |
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107 | (1) |
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5.2 Predicting the temperature of solid surface atignition from PCFC |
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108 | (2) |
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5.3 Correlations with fire tests |
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110 | (2) |
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5.4 Milligram-scale flame calorimetry (MFC) |
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112 | (1) |
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6 Concluding remarks and future perspectives |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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114 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Evaluation of gas phase: Mechanisms and analyses |
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117 | (44) |
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117 | (2) |
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2 Types of gas-phase mechanism |
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119 | (5) |
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3 Common analytical tools for gas-phase mechanism evaluation |
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124 | (28) |
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3.1 Thermogravimetry-infrared spectroscopy (TG-FTIR)/mass spectrometry (MS) coupled analysis |
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124 | (5) |
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3.2 Direct insertion probe-mass spectrometry (DIP-MS) |
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129 | (2) |
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3.3 Pyrolysis-gas chromatography coupled technique |
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131 | (5) |
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3.4 Microscale combustion calorimeter (MCC) and its variations |
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136 | (6) |
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142 | (1) |
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3.6 Detection of phosphorus-based gas-phase reactive species |
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143 | (9) |
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4 Concluding remarks and future perspectives |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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153 | (8) |
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Chapter 5 Evaluation of gas phase: Smoke and toxicity analysis |
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161 | (30) |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (5) |
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2.1 Gaseous fire effluents |
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161 | (4) |
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2.2 Solid and liquid fire effluents |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (9) |
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166 | (4) |
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3.2 Smoke gases' concentrations |
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170 | (5) |
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175 | (11) |
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4.1 Visibility through smoke |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (9) |
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4.3 Environmental effects |
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185 | (1) |
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5 Conclusions and perspectives |
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186 | (1) |
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186 | (5) |
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Chapter 6 Evaluation of condensed phase: Char/residue analysis |
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191 | (42) |
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191 | (2) |
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2 Fundamentals of char and residue formation |
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193 | (2) |
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193 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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2.3 Physical barrier (nanocomposite) |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (1) |
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3 Chemical characterization: Chemical composition |
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195 | (20) |
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3.1 Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) |
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196 | (3) |
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199 | (2) |
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3.3 X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) |
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201 | (4) |
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3.4 X-ray diffraction (XRD] |
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205 | (2) |
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3.5 Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) |
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207 | (6) |
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3.6 Electron spin resonance [ ESR] |
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213 | (2) |
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4 Microscopy: Morphology of the residue |
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215 | (8) |
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4.1 Scanning electron microscopy [ SEM] |
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215 | (1) |
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4.2 Electron probe micro-analysis (EPMA) |
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216 | (1) |
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4.3 Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) |
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217 | (3) |
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4.4 X-ray computed tomography (CT] |
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220 | (3) |
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5 Dynamics of char/residue formation |
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223 | (2) |
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223 | (1) |
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5.2 Deformation and expansion |
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224 | (1) |
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6 Conclusions and future trends |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (7) |
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Chapter 7 Analysis of fire resistance of materials |
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233 | (66) |
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233 | (4) |
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2 Definitions and application of fire resistance |
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237 | (5) |
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2.1 Concept of fire resistance |
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237 | (2) |
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2.2 Fire resistance evaluation---Experimental and modeling characterization |
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239 | (2) |
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2.3 Influence of fire resistance objectives on human behavior |
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241 | (1) |
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3 Material applications of fire resistance |
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242 | (6) |
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3.1 Non-combustible materials |
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244 | (1) |
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3.2 Combustible materials |
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245 | (3) |
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4 Conventional approach of fire resistance |
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248 | (18) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (12) |
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4.3 Transport application |
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261 | (4) |
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265 | (1) |
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4.5 Limits of the conventional approach |
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266 | (1) |
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266 | (26) |
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5.1 Fire dynamics for fire resistance |
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267 | (13) |
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5.2 Fire analysis applied to structural analysis |
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280 | (3) |
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283 | (1) |
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5.4 Experimental approach using large-scale and real-scale tests |
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284 | (2) |
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5.5 Structural fire engineering |
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286 | (6) |
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6 Conclusions and perspectives |
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292 | (1) |
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293 | (1) |
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293 | (6) |
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Chapter 8 Characterization of high-temperature polymers for extreme environments |
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299 | (34) |
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299 | (4) |
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2 High-temperature polymers |
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303 | (8) |
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2.1 High-temperature thermosets |
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303 | (5) |
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2.2 High-temperature thermoplastics |
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308 | (3) |
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3 Aerothermal ablation testing for high-temperature applications |
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311 | (14) |
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3.1 Oxyacetylene test bed (OTB) |
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311 | (2) |
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3.2 Simulated solid rocket motor (SSRM) |
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313 | (2) |
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3.3 Subscale solid rocket motor (char motor) |
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315 | (1) |
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3.4 LHMEL test facilities |
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316 | (2) |
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318 | (3) |
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3.6 Arc jet test facilities |
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321 | (4) |
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325 | (1) |
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326 | (7) |
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Chapter 9 Correlation between laboratory- and real-scale fire analyses |
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333 | (48) |
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333 | (8) |
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1.1 From microscale to small scale |
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336 | (3) |
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1.2 Correlations between small-scale tests |
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339 | (1) |
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1.3 From small-scale tests to intermediate- or large-scale tests |
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340 | (1) |
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2 Case study no. 1: Fire behavior of PMMA |
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341 | (13) |
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2.1 Flammability at microscale |
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342 | (1) |
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2.2 From small to intermediate scales |
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342 | (10) |
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2.3 Interactions at large scale |
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352 | (1) |
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3 Case study no. 2: Electric cable tray fires |
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354 | (10) |
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3.1 Assessment of the pHRR of horizontal cable tray fires |
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356 | (5) |
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3.2 Assessment of the HRR of horizontal cable tray fires |
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361 | (2) |
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363 | (1) |
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4 Case study no. 3: Wildfires |
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364 | (10) |
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4.1 The need for flame retardants research in wildfires science |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (1) |
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4.3 Experimental tests in wildfire research |
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367 | (2) |
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4.4 Linking small-scale, large-scale, and real-scale tests |
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369 | (1) |
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4.5 Strategies for upscaling wildfire dynamics |
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369 | (1) |
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370 | (1) |
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371 | (2) |
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373 | (1) |
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374 | (7) |
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Chapter 10 Fire analysis tests from industrial point of view |
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381 | (68) |
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2 Scenario-based approach |
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382 | (4) |
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382 | (1) |
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382 | (2) |
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2.3 Materials, products, and systems problematics |
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384 | (1) |
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385 | (1) |
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386 | (15) |
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386 | (8) |
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394 | (4) |
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3.3 Other building products |
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398 | (3) |
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401 | (5) |
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401 | (4) |
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405 | (1) |
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5 Electrotechnical products |
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406 | (1) |
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407 | (3) |
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407 | (1) |
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6.2 Heat release rate measurements |
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408 | (2) |
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410 | (1) |
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410 | (25) |
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7.1 Road transportation field |
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410 | (3) |
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7.2 Rail transportation field |
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413 | (12) |
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425 | (6) |
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431 | (4) |
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8 Conclusions and perspectives |
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435 | (2) |
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Index |
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