Development and Verification of Fire Tests for Cable Systems and System Components.

Abstract

Experiments were conducted to establish data on the sensitivity of the results to variations of several parameters of the vertical cable tray fire test described in the IEEE Standard 383. Parameters varied were burner to cable distance, air input rate and fuel input rate. As a result of these experiments and previous experience, suggestions for revision of IEEE 383 are made with respect to (1) construction of cable trays, (2) test enclosure, (3) type, size and spacing of cable ties, (4) burner position, (5) measurement of fuel and air rates, (6) flame temperature, (7) initial room temperature, and (8) reporting of results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA305060

Entities

People

  • L. J. Przybyla
  • W. J. Christian

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Combustion
  • Construction
  • Contracts
  • Fires
  • Flow Rate
  • Ignition
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Sensitivity
  • Standards
  • Test Methods
  • United States
  • Verification

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Electrical Engineering

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  • Space