During the week of 19 July 1976, a full-scale fire test series was performed at the U.S. Coast Guard Fire and Safety Test Detachment to examine the potential Fire hazards of intermodal shipping containers. The three-part test series was conducted on Little Sand Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama. The first sequence of tests were planned to evaluate whether a fire originating within a sealed intermodal container could burn through the container shell. The second task of the test series was to determine the effects of an exterior pool fire exposure on a single level of containers, and the final task was to evaluate the effects of an exterior pool fire exposure on a stack of containers. Standard 8 foot by 8 foot by 20 foot steel, aluminum and fiberglass-reinforced plywood shipping containers were tested. The interior fire tests utilized two 30-pound wood cribs constructed of white fir and 2 gallons of naptha as a fuel source. For the exterior fire tests, a 29 x 24 foot steel test pan containing JP-5 was constructed beneathe the container stack. Standard container stacking and lashing arrangements were used for all tests. (Author)
Fire Performance of Intermodal Shipping Containers
1977
62 pages
Report
No indication
English
Industrial & Mechanical Engineering , Shipping containers , Fire hazards , Flame propagation , Containerized shipping , Damage assessment , Test and evaluation , Test methods , Plywood , Aluminum alloys , Composite materials , Fiberglass , Steel , Fires , Fire safety , Fire resistance , Fire protection
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