1. General principles
1.1 Criteria and tests carried out
The criteria assessed for the fire behavior of materials used in the various modes of transport, and the corresponding requirements, are summarized in Table 1 . The main test methods assigned to the various reaction-to-fire parameters are listed in table 2 according to their field.
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Bibliography
Standards
- Fire safety – Vocabulary. - NF EN ISO 13943 - Juillet 2017
- Road vehicles, tractors, agricultural and forestry equipment – Determining the combustion characteristics of interior materials. - NF ISO 3795 - Février 1990
- Railway applications – Fire protection for rail vehicles – Part 2: Fire behavior requirements for materials and components. - NF EN 45545-2+A1 - Mai 2016
- Reaction to fire tests – Fire spread...
Regulations
Automotive
Arrêté du 3 août 2007 relatif aux transports en commun de personnes, modifying the arrêté du 2 juillet 1982.
Directive 95/28/EC of October 24, 1995 relating to the burning behavior of materials used in the interior construction of certain categories of motor vehicles.
Rail
Interministerial Technical Instruction (ITI)...
Directory
Automotive (France)
Union technique de l'automobile, du motocycle et du cycle (UTAC), Linas-Montlhéry (91)
French national metrology and testing laboratory (LNE)
Rail
List of laboratories performing EN 45545-2 tests: list of laboratories participating in intercomparisons on
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