J. Quintiere, M. Harkleroad, Y. Hasemi

This is a final report dealing with new concepts for predicting the flame spread on materials from laboratory measurements. It focuses on heat transfer which precipitates and precedes upward flame spread on a vertical surface. Six materials have been featured in this study as well as in past related particular study heat transfer and flame height results are presented for wall samples are presented for methane line burner wall fires. An approximate theoretical analysis is included to serve as a guide to identifying the important variables and their relationship for correlation purposes. Experimental results yield flame height proportional to energy release rate, to the 2/3 power, and wall heat flux distributions are roughly correlated in terms of distance divided by flame height.

Nora H. Jason

A 200-word or less factual summary of most significant information. If document includes a significant bi bliography or literature survey. mention it here Fire Research Publications, 1984 is a supplement to previous edirions; the last five editions are referenced below.Information about earlier editions is available upon request.1979NBSIR 80-2114PB80-l03335 980 NBSIR 81-2272 PB81-2033171981 NBSIR 82-2499 PB82-220104 1982 NBSIR 83-2706PB83-238915 1983 NBSIR 84-2871 PB84-2l7066

In a departure from our usual practice of citing only publications prepared by the Center for Fire Fesearch (CFR) staff, by other National Bureau of Standards (NBS) personnel for CFR, or by external laboratories under contract or grant from the CFR, we are pleased to include the papers presented at the Howard Emmons' Conference, Fire Science for Safety. The CFR devoted its 1983 Annual Conference to invited papers on subject areas that have been significantly inf1uencep by Professor Emmons and his students. The Conference was held at NBS in Gaithersburg, MD, August 23-24, 1983. Selected papers have been published in a special issue of Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 39-40, 1984 and are cited herein.

Nora H. Jason

Fire Research Publication, "1984" is a supplement to previous editions; the last five editions are referenced below>

Dave Blake

Sixty-four fire tests were conducted to evaluate the burnthrough resistance of cargo lining materials. The tests subjected a cargo liner to an intense flame created by a two-gallon-per-hour kerosene burner, using a new test method that was proposed in Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) 84-11 to replace the Bunsen burner test. The tests were conducted with the samples mounted both vertically and horizontally. The criteria for passing the test, as stated in NPRM 84-11, is that (1) no flame may penetrate the liner and (2) the temprature four inches above the horizontal sample must not exceed 400 degrees Fahrenheit. The majority of the liners tested are currently in service; the reamining samples were advanced materials or blends that have been proposed as cargo liners. Many of the liners did not pass this test. The majority of the liiners that failed did so because the temperature above the liner exceeded 400 degree F even though burnthrough did not occur in most cases.

Department of Transportation

This notice proposes to upgrade the fire safety standards for cabin interior materials in transport category airplanes by: (1) Establishing new fire test criteria for type certification; (2) requiring that the cabin interiors of airplanes manufactured after a specified date and used in air carrier service comply with these new criteria; and (3) requiring that the cabin interiors of all other airplanes type certified after January 1, 1958, and used in air carrier service comply with these new criteria upon the first replacement of the cabin interior. These proposals are the result of fire testing and are intended to increase airplane fire safety.