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Large-scale fire test for interior materials of the Korean high speed train

W.H. Park¹, D.H. Lee¹, W.S. Jung¹

1 Korea Railroad Research Institute, Uiwang-si, South Korea.

Structural Longevity 2012, 7(1), 13-18. https://doi.org/10.3970/sl.2012.007.013

Abstract

A large-scale fire test was conducted in the room where the interior materials of a railroad vehicle for KTX (Korean eXpress Train)-II were used. As flame source in the room, a gas burner was used; the output of the gas burner was set to increase over time. The purpose of the test is to evaluate the fire resistance performance of the interior materials of a KTX-II when they ignite and flames spread and to obtain various types of data on flames developing into flashover and engulfing the interior materials of KTX-II These data will be used to verify and build a simulation model of fire development on the interior materials of a railroad vehicle.

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