Method for determination of burning behaviour of interior materials for road vehicles, and tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry

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Hardcopy , PDF

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English

Published date

01-05-1992

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committees responsible
National foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative reference
3 Definitions
4 Principle
5 Apparatus
6 Samples
7 Procedure
8 Calculation
9 Test report
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Defines a method for determining the horizontal burning rate of materials used in the occupant compartment of road vehicles (for example, passenger cars, lorries/trucks, estate cars, coaches), and of tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry, after exposure to a small flame. It also permits testing of materials and parts of the vehicle interior equipment individually or in combination up to a thickness of 13 mm.

This International Standard specifies a method for determining the horizontal burning rate of materials used in the occupant compartment of road vehicles (for example, passenger cars, lorries/trucks, estate cars, coaches), and of tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry, after exposure to a small flame.

This method permits testing of materials and parts of the vehicle interior equipment individually or in combination up to a thickness of 13 mm. It is used to judge the uniformity of production lots of such materials with respect to their burning behaviour.

Because of the many differences between the real world situation (application and orientation within vehicle interior, conditions of use, ignition source, etc.) and the precise test conditions specified in this International Standard, this method cannot be considered as suitable for evaluation of all true in-vehicle burning characteristics.

Committee	AUE/15
DevelopmentNote	Also numbered as ISO 3795 Supersedes 87/70299 DC and BS AU169(1978) (11/2005)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	14
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current
Supersedes	BS AU 169:1978