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Heat Release Rate Requirements for Railcar Interior Finish: Appendices A Through E

Document Series:
Technical Reports
Author:
  • Federal Railroad Administration
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/39
Office
RDI-22
Subject:
Rolling Stock
Keywords:
Rail car, interior finish, heat release rate, flammability performance requirement, fire safety
Document
Appendices A through E.pdf (16.24 MB)

This appendix is associated with Technical Report Heat Release Rate Requirements for Railcar Interior Finish and is summarized as such: Appendix A provides over 700 items in total, and over 650 of these include heat rate release (HRR) data from cone calorimeter tests; Appendix B contains cone calorimeter and radiant panel test results; Appendix C documents the 7 materials tested in accordance with NFPA 286; NFPA 286 room-corner tests of building materials were modeled, and the results are presented in Appendix D, and; Appendix E provides calorimeter test results of rail car seating assemblies.

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Last updated: Friday, October 11, 2019