Development of a Database of Contemporary Material Properties for Fire Investigation Analysis Materials and Methods

• NCJ Number: 304335
• Date Published: March 2022
• Grant Number(s): 2019-DU-BX-0018
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)

Annotation

This article reports on the meetings with the majority of the Technical Panel for the Development of an Interactive Database of Contemporary Material Properties for Fire Modeling project, which were held on June 29 and June 30, 2020.

 

Abstract

The major subjects of discussion included the list of proposed materials to be tested and characterized, the properties for the database, and the experimental and analytical methods to determine the properties for the database. A list of 101 materials divided into 11 categories were identified for inclusion in the database. The topics of variability in materials and aging of products and furniture items was discussed and it was concluded that investigating these variations is outside the scope of the project in this phase. (Publisher Abstract)