Fire and Materials 2007 Conference: Programme Wednesday 31st January

	Wednesday 31st January
7.30	Registration
8.00	FIRE INVESTIGATION SESSION Session Chair: Vytenis Babrauskas Fire Science & Technology Inc, USA	FIRE RESISTANCE SESSION Session Chair: Marc Janssens Southwest Research Institute, USA
	Fraction Vaporization of Ignitable Liquids - Flash Point and Ignitability Issues Patrick Kennedy, John A Kennedy and Associates and A Armstrong, Armstrong Forensic Laboratory, USA	Gypsum Board Fall-Off in Floor Assemblies Exposed to a Standard Fire Mohamed Sultan, NRCC and E Elewini, G Hadjisophocleous, Carleton University, Canada
	The Extent of Evaporation of Ignitable Liquids Under Exposure to Compartment Fires, Non-Fire Thermal and Non-Thermal Environments Jamie Ferrino-McAllister, R Roby, D Carpenter, Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc, USA and J Torero, University of Edinburgh, UK	Impact of Board Orientation on the Fire Performance of Regular Gypsum Board Walls Russell Thomas, A Bwalya, M Sultan, NRC, Canada,
	Alternative Sampling Methods To Collect Ignitable Liquid Residues From Non-Porous Areas Such As Concrete Noel Putaansuu, D Mann, MDE Inc., USA	Predicting the Fire Resistance of Light-Frame Wood Floor Assemblies Steven Craft, J Mehaffey, Forintek Canada Corp and B Isgor, G Hadjisophocleous, Carleton University, Canada
09.00	Discussion
	Degradation and Ignition of Polyvinyl Chloride Wire Insulation Abid Kemel, D Mattison, S Murray, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Inc., USA	Japan’s ‘1 + 3’ Fire Endurance Test: Model and Full-scale Test Hisa Takeda, L Richardson, Forintek Canada Corp, Canada
	Guidelines For Conducting Peer Reviews of Complex Fire Investigations David Icove, University of Tennessee and G Haynes, Forensic Fire Analysis, USA	Mechanical Properties of Structural Steel at Elevated Temperatures and After Cooling Down Jyri Outinen, Finnish Constructional Steelwork Association FCSA, Finland
	Fire Pattern Persistence and Predictability on Interior Finish and Construction Materials During Pre and Post Flashover Compartment Fires Ron Hopkins, Eastern Kentucky University and G Gorbett, John A Kennedy & Assocs, USA	Effect of Elevated Temperatures on CFRP Strengthened Structural Elements Ted Donchev, J Wen, Kingston University, UK
10.15	Discussion
10.30	Refreshment Break
	Session Chair: John DeHaan, Fire-Ex Forensics Inc., USA	Session Chair:Mohamed Sultan, NRC, Canada
	Evaluation of the Exothermic Properties of Hops by Low Temperature Oxygen Method Patrick Phelan, J White, Western Fire Center Inc, D Hysert, S Garden, John I Haas Inc and B Cuzzillo, Berkeley Engineering & Research,USA	Unexposed-Face Temperature Criteria in Fire Resistance Tests: A Reappraisal Vytenis Babrauskas, FSTI, USA
	Case Studies: Exploding Portable Plastic Gasoline Containers Lori Hasselbring, Stress Engineering Services, Inc., USA	Experimental and Computational Study of Unexposed Surface Temperature Measurements In Fire Resistance Tests Majid Mehrafza, B Badders, SwRI, USA
	Simulation Of A Residential Bedroom Fire to Evaluate and Compare Burn Patterns and Damage Brian Grove, D Opperman, ATF, National Laboratory Center, USA
12.00	Discussion
12.15	Lunch
	FIRE INVESTIGATION SESSION Session Chair: John DeHaan, Fire-Ex Forensics, Inc., USA	TRANSPORTATION SESSION Session Chair: Marcelo Hirschler, GBH International, USA
	TV Sets as Incendiary Device Herve Breulet, ISSeP and J Hotte, LER, Belgium	Fire Protection of Ships and Recent Movement in IMO and ISO Koichi Yoshida, Nat'l Maritime Research Inst NMRI, Japan
	Arc Fault Analysis: Post Flashover Studies of the Power Cord Lester Rich, Forensic Fire Analysis and W Johnson, Core Engineering Inc, USA	Fire Hazards and Lightweight Constructions at Sea Tommy Hertzberg, J Axelsson, SP Fire Technology, Sweden
	Flammability of Electrical Crimp Connectors Subjected to Heating Scott Davis, A Ibarreta, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Inc., USA	Investigation on aTrain Coach Fire. Experimental And Modeling Issues for the Fire Dynamics Reconstruction Alberto Tinaburri, C D’Angelo, F Alaimo Ponziani, Ministry of the Interior, Italy
	Prudent Practices for the Design and Installation of Heat-Producing Devices near Wood Materials Vytenis Babrauskas, FSTI, M Janssens, SwRI, USA and B Gray, BF Gray Combustion and Scientific Consultants, Australia	Small, Intermediate and Room-Scale Testing of Wall and Ceiling Materials Used in Trains Ralph Buoniconti, GE Plastics, USA
14.50	Discussion
15.05	Refreshment Break
	Session Chair: Vytenis Babrauskas Fire Science & Technology Inc, USA	Session Chair: Marcelo Hirschler, GBH International, USA
	Spontaneous Ignition of Wood Chips by Fermentation Hiroshi Koseki, X-R Li, Nat Research Inst of Fire & Disaster, Japan	Improving Survivability in Motor Vehicle Fires Rhoads Stephenson, K Digges, Motor Vehicle Fire Research Inst, R Gann, NIST, M Hirschler, GBH Int’l, R Lyon, FAA, J Quintiere, University of Maryland, A Tewarson, FM Global, USA, S Grayson, Interscience Communications and D Purser, BRE, UK
	An Experimental Study of Spontaneous Ignition in Storages of Wood Pellets Per Blomqvist, H Persson, P van Hees, SP Fire Technology, G Holmstedt, U Göransson, L Wadsö, Lund University and M Sanati, K Rupar-Gadd, Växjö University, Sweden	Fire Safety in Buses Jesper Axelsson, P Johansson, SP Fire Technology, Sweden
	A Case Study of Two Shiploader Fires in a Coal and Pet Coke Export Facility Ali Reza, R Carnahan, B Dracup, B Ross, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Inc., USA	Biofuels for Transport in The 21st Century : Why Fire Safety is a Real Issue Guy Marlair, P Rotureau, INERIS, France, H Breulet, ISSeP and S Brohez, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium
	Reconstruction of an Arson Hospital Fire Tommy Hertzberg, P Blomqvist, H Tuovinen, SP Fire Technology, Sweden	Fire Behaviour study of Asphalt Road Pavement in Tunnel Francois Demouge, R Avenel, P Fromy, CSTB, France
16.50	Discussion
17.00	Close

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