Fire Hazard Evaluation of Shipboard Hull Insulation and Documentation of a Quarter-Scale Room Fire Test Protocol

摘要

A variety of shipboard hull insulations including damping and acoustical materials, painted and unpainted, were evaluated for their flashover potential using a quarter-scale room fire test developed by the Center for Fire Research at the National Bureau of Standards. Three painted insulations were also evaluated in full-scale room fire tests. Comparison of full-scale and quarter-scale fire behavior again demonstrated that the quarter-scale test can predict full-scale room fire buildup. It was found that decorative paints, including the Navy's chlorinated alkyd formulation, could seriously compromise the fire safety of otherwise low fire risk insulations. A recommended test protocol was developed for determining the flashover potential of hull insulation using the quarter-scale room fire test.