1. Test methods and standards. Fire performance of products
- Author
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W. H. K. Becker
- Subjects
Fire test ,Engineering ,Architectural engineering ,Polymers and Plastics ,business.industry ,Metals and Alloys ,Poison control ,General Chemistry ,Materials testing ,Fire safety ,Fire performance ,Field (computer science) ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Test (assessment) ,Variety (cybernetics) ,Ceramics and Composites ,business - Abstract
More than 700 standardized rules for fire testing are used round the world in order to assess the fire safety of materials, products and constructions in different technical fields. This article discusses the reasons for this variety of test methods and evaluation systems and the attempts to create systematic models in this special field of material testing, including new suggestions and developments in ISO and CIB for future approaches.
- Published
- 1984