ASTM STP 1427 Thermal Measurements: The Foundation of Fire Standards
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Gritzo LA, Alvares N
This STP contains papers presented at the symposium of the same name held in December, 2001. The symposium was sponsored by ASTM International Committee E05 on Fire Standards. The papers generally cover the measurement of temperature, heat flux, and calorimetry and ignition energy.
Specific topics addressed include:
- measurements in an Engulfing Pool Fire
- cylindrical steel calorimeter
- furnace temperature
- standard time-temperature curve
- oxygen consumption calorimetry
- reliability of thermocouples
- fire fighters’ protective clothing
- predictive models
- sprayed flammable fluids
- aspirated thermocouples
- bare-bead thermocouples
- mineral-insulated, metal sheathed (MIMS) thermocouple
- Schmidt-Boelter heat-flux sensor
- Variable Temperature Blackbody (VTBB)
- Angular Sensitivity of Heat Flux Gages
- heat flux gauge
This publication provides useful information for fire protection engineers, researchers performing fire testing, and safety engineers needing to understand the limitations and problems associated with fire testing. This publication documents progress on a range of thermal measurement topics as well as the challenges to performing high quality measurements for every fire standards application. Improvements in the quantification of measurement uncertainty for these environments are promising and hold the key for advancing the thermal measurements that serve as the foundation of fire standards.