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Heat Sensing Manikin Test Probe

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Author

  • Petra Andersson
  • Göran Holmstedt

Summary, in English

A manikin test probe has been developed to simulate the thermal behaviour of human skin when exposed to thermal conditions likely to occur in fires. The threshold for second-degree burn injuries is evaluated from the temperature readings using a damage integral. The probe has been exposed to different radiation fluxes and the calculated damage criterion for second-degree burn injuries is in agreement with data from the literature on human skin and pig skin. Probes mounted on a manikin have been used to assess how the extent of burn injuries develop as a function of time on a fully dressed pilot inside a military aeroplane surrounded by a large pool fire. In another scenario burn injuries for humans inside a fire room are assessed when a super-heated water mist extinguishing system is activated.

Publishing year

2000

Language

English

Pages

195-199

Publication/Series

Fire and Materials

Volume

24

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Topic

  • Other Civil Engineering
  • Building Technologies

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1099-1018