Human survivability in motor vehicle fires

KH Digges, RG Gann, SJ Grayson… - Fire and Materials …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Automobile fires are consistently among the largest causes of fire death in the United States
(about 500 annually) and the US motor vehicle industry and others have spent a significant …

Combustion characteristics of cellulosic loose fibres

Ö Ceylan, J Alongi, L Van Landuyt, A Frache… - Fire and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this paper is to study the combustion characteristics of loose fibrous cellulosic
compounds through cone calorimeter measurements. The challenge in studying loose …

Cone calorimeter testing of S2 glass reinforced polymer composites

AB Morgan, NA Gagliardi, WA Price… - Fire and Materials: An …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
With the ever increasing demand for fuel savings on vehicles, there is a strong push to
replace metal with polymeric+ fiber (carbon/glass) composites. However, the replacement of …

Flammability testing of wool/cellulosic and wool/synthetic fiber blends: Vertical flame spread and heat release results

AB Morgan, ML Galaska - Journal of fire sciences, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Wool is a natural fiber with lower heat release/flammability than some synthetic fabrics, but it
has not been well studied for its heat release when other fibers such as cotton, linen, and …

Thermal effect on surrounding combustibles in minivan passenger car fires

K Okamoto, T Ichikawa, K Shimizu… - Fire and Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the fire safety design of parking lots and buildings, estimating the possibility of fire
spreading to surrounding combustibles, such as neighboring buildings and cars, is …

New flexible flame retardant coatings based on siloxane resin and ethylene-vinyl chloride copolymer

D Wesolek, R Gasiorowski, S Rojewski, J Walentowska… - Polymers, 2016 - mdpi.com
This work presents the effectiveness of a phosphorus-containing flame retardant based on
siloxane resin and ethylene-vinyl chloride copolymer as a back-coating of fabrics. The …

Numerical simulation of vehicle crashes

CS Lin, KD Chou, CC Yu - Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2014 - Trans Tech Publ
Based on the European New Car Assessment Program, which offers rigorous testing
conditions, this study developed a numerical model for the computer simulation of crash …

[PDF][PDF] Improving survivability in motor vehicle fires

KH Digges, RG Gann, SJ Grayson… - Proceedings of …, 2007 - academia.edu
Automobile fires are consistently among the largest causes of fire death in the United States
(about 500 annually) and the US motor vehicle industry has spent $14 million in recent …

[PDF][PDF] ПОЖЕЖНА НЕБЕЗПЕКА КОЛІСНИХ ТРАНСПОРТНИХ ЗАСОБІВ

АФ Гаврилюк - 2019 - sci.ldubgd.edu.ua
1.1. Аналіз статистики та причин виникнення пожеж на колісних транспортних засобах
в Україні та світі…………………………………. 1.2. Класифікація колісних транспортних …

[PDF][PDF] Підвищення ефективності протипожежного захисту колісних транспортних засобів

АФ Гаврилюк - 2015 - sci.ldubgd.edu.ua
Актуальність теми. За останнє десятиліття із 7 млн. пожеж, які реєструвалися в світі
щорічно, понад 16% припадає на пожежі транспортних засобів, які ідуть другими після …