Fire and materials

Papers in conference proceedings

D. Adeosun, B. Jones, E. Weckman and W. Epling (2010), “FTIR Analysis of Fire Gases in Flame Retarded Polyurethane Foams”,presented at CS/The Combustion Institute, May, 6 pp. Ottawa ON.

H. Schmidt and E. Weckman (2010), “Scaling of Fire Test Results in Rigid Polyurethane Foams”,presented at CS/The Combustion Institute, May, 6 pp. Ottawa ON.

L. Robson, M.R. Obach, J.U. Ezinwa, D.A. Torvi and E.J. Weckman (2010), “Effects of Polyurethane Foam Thickness on Flame Spread and Heat Release Rates in Furniture Calorimeter Tests”, presented at CS/The Combustion Institute, May, 6 pp. Ottawa ON.

J. Ezinwa, D. Torvi and E. Weckman (2009), “Full Scale Fire Modeling of Polyurethane Foams Using Cone Calorimeter Data”,presented at CS/The Combustion Institute, May, 6 pp. Montreal QC.

D. Adeosun, J. Rigg, E. Weckman, W. Epling and D. Torvi (2009), “Observations of Burning Characteristics of Polyurethane Foams”, presented at CS/The Combustion Institute, May, 6 pp. Montreal QC.

M. Hurd, D.A. Torvi, E.J. Weckman and E.K. Enninful(2007), "Small and Full-Scale Fire Testing of Polyurethane Foams for Mattresses", CS/The Combustion Institute, January, Banff, 6 pp.

M. Hurd, D. Torvi, E. Weckman and E. Enninful (2006), “ Effects of Polyurethane Mattress Foam Properties and Geometry on Small and Large-Scale Fire Test Results”, Fire and Materials 2007, San Francisco, January (13 pp.).

D. Adeosun, E. Weckman and W. Epling (2012), “Use of TD-GC-MS Technique in Evaluation of Volatile organic Compounds from Cone Calorimeter and Smoke Density Chamber Tests of Flame Retarded Rigid PU Foams”, Fire and Materials 2013, San Francisco, January, full paper 12 pp. (Woodbridge).

N. Ryder and E. Weckman (2012), “Effects on Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient In Predictions of Materials Properties from Cone Calorimeter Testing”, Fire and Materials 2013, San Francisco, Jan., 12 pp.

L. Robson, M. Obach, D. Torvi and E. Weckman (2011), 'Predicting Full-Scale Fire Test Results of. Polyurethane Foam Using Cone Calorimeter Data', 10th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, IAFSS (International Association of Fire Safety Science), University of Maryland, June (NSERC).

L. Robson, M. Obach, J. Ezinwa, D. Torvi and E. Weckman (2011), “Effects of Polyurethane Foam Thickness on Flame Spread and Heat Release Rates Measured in Cone and Furniture Calorimeter Tests”, Fire and Materials 2011, San Francisco, CA, January, full paper, pp. 309-320 (NSERC).

D. Adeosun, J. Rigg, E. Weckman, W. Epling and D. Torvi (2009), “Preliminary Furniture Calorimeter Tests of Laminated Polyurethane Foam”, Fire and Materials 2009, San Francisco, CA, January, full paper, 12 pp. (NSERC/Custom Foam).

D. Adeosun and E. Weckman (2012), “TD-GC-MS Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds from the Combustion of flame retarded Rigid Polyurethane Foams”, Toronto ON (NSERC).

M.DiDomizio and E. Weckman (2012), “The Effect of Ageing on Fire Performance Testing of Fire-Retarded Polyurethane Foam”, Toronto ON (FedDev ARC/Icynene).

L. Robson, M. Obach, D. Torvi and E. Weckman (2011), “Effects of Incident Heat Flux on Cone Calorimeter Test Results of Polyurethane Foam”, Winnipeg MB (NSERC).

H.Schmidt and E. Weckman (2010), “Scaling of Fire Test Results in Rigid Polyurethane Foams”, Ottawa ON (NSERC/Woodbridge).

L. Robson, M. Obach, J. Ezinwa, D. Torvi and E. Weckman (2010), “Fire Modelling of Polyurethane Foams using Convolution Integral Formulation”, Ottawa ON (NSERC).

Refereed journal publications

J. Ezinwa, L.Robson, M. Obach, D. Torvi and E. Weckman (2011), “Evaluating Models for Predicting Full-Scale Fire Behaviour of Polyurethane Foam Using Cone Calorimeter Data”, Fire Technology, Published On-line First™, 5 September 2011. DOI:10.1007/s10694-011-0239-4. (NSERC).