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Cote, A. E. (ed), Fire Protection Handbook, National Fire
Protection Association, Quincy, MA, Twentieth Edition,
Volume 1, 2008, Chapter 2. Basics of Fire Containment, (Janssens,
M.L.), pp 2-59–2-74.
Janssens, M., Using the Cone Calorimeter for Product
Development, 2008 Flame Retardants, London, England,
February 12-13, 2008.
Babrauskas, V., M. Janssens, B. Gray, Prudent Practices for
the Deisgn and Installation of Heat-Producing Devices Near
Wood Materials, Paper presented at
the Fire and Materials 2007, 10th International Conference,
San Francisco, CA, January 2007.
Carpenter, K., J. Huczek, M. Janssens, and Anthony Sauceda,
Regression Models of the ISO 9705 Room/Corner Test, Paper
presented at the Fire and Materials 2007, 10th International
Conference, San Francisco, CA, January 2007.
Janssens, M., Development of a Database of Full-Scale
Calorimeter Tests of Motor Vehicles. Society of Automotive
Engineers (SAE) International SP-2097, April 2007, pp. 155-160.
Janssens, M.L., Fire Testing of FR Polymers, Intensive Short
Course in Research, Production and Marketing of Flame
Retardancy of Polymer Materials, 18th
Annual BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy of Polymeric
Materials, Stamford, CT, May 20, 2007.
Janssens, M., Method to Predict Performance of Construction
Products in the ASTM E 84 Steiner Tunnel Test, 18th Annual
BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy,
Stamford, CT, May 21-23, 2007.
Janssens, M., Uncertainty of Fire Test Results, UK,
September 3-5, 2007. Eleventh International Interflam 2007
Conference, London, UK, September 3-5, 2007.
Janssens, M. and B. Badders, An Approach to Improve the
Usefulness of Fire Resistance Test Data in Performance-Based
Fire Design of Gypsum-Protected Steel-Stud Walls, Characterization Parameters of Gypsum
Wallboard at Elevated Temperatures Workshop, National
Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD, September 2007.
Janssens, M., Comparison of Different Methods to
Characterize the Thermal Environment of Fire Resistance
Furnaces, ISO/TC92/SC2 Workshop on Heat Transfer
Calculations and Measurements in Fire Safety Engineering
Furnace Characterization and Control, Borås, Sweden,
September 10, 2007.
Weyandt, N. Intentional Failure of a 5000 psig Hydrogen
Cylinder Installed in an SUV Without Standard Required
Safety Devices, Society of Automotive
Engineers (SAE) Paper No. 2007-01-0431. Paper presented at
the SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, April 2007.
Apte, V.B. (ed), Flammability Testing of Materials Used in
Construction, Transport and Mining, Woodhead Publishing
Limited, Cambridge, England, 2006,
Chapter 2. Fundamental Measurement Techniques, (Janssens,
M.L.), pp. 22-62.
Carpenter, K., J. Huczek, and M. Janssens, Comparison of
Reaction-to-Fire Testing and Classification of Construction
Products in Different Parts of the
World, 2006 Flame Retardants, London, England, February
1415, 2006.
Carpenter, K.C., M.L. Janssens, and A.L. Sauceda. Using the
Cone Calorimeter to Predict Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (FMVSS) 302 Performance of
Interior and Exterior Automotive Materials. Society of
Automotive Engineers (SAE) International SP-1990, April
2006, pp. 209-216.
Huczek, J.P. and M.L. Janssens. Modeling of Large-Scale Fire
Test Performance of Glassfiber-Reinforced Composite. Paper
presented at SAMPE 2006 Fall
Technical Conference, Dallas, Texas, November 2006.
Janssens, M.L., Fire Testing of FR Polymers, Intensive Short
Course in Research, Production and Marketing of Flame
Retardancy of Polymer Materials, 17th
Annual BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy of Polymeric
Materials, Stamford, CT, May 21, 2006.
Janssens, M., K. Carpenter, J. Huczek, M. Mehrafza, and A.
Sauceda, Performance of Construction Products in
Reaction-to-Fire Tests, 17th Annual BCC
Conference on Flame Retardancy, Stamford, CT, May 22-24,
2006.
Janssens, M., K. Carpenter, J. Huczek, and A. Sauceda,
Estimating ASTM E 84 Flame Spread and Smoke Developed
Indices from Cone Calorimeter Data, 2006 NFPA
World Safety Conference and Exposition, Orlando, Florida,
June 4-8, 2006.
Janssens, M.L., Improving the Technical Basis of the
Standard Fire Resistance Test for Performance-Based Fire
Design of Building, Fire Protection Research
Foundation Panel Meeting, Atlanta, GA, December 5, 2006.
Weyandt, N. Comparative Abuse Testing of 36 V and 12 V
Battery Designs. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Paper
No. 2006-01-1272 (April 2006). Paper
presented at the SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, April
2006.
Weyandt, N. Ignition of Underbody and Engine Compartment
Hydrogen Releases. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Paper No. 2006-01-0127 (April 2006). Paper
presented at the SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, April
2006.
Weyandt, N, and Marc L. Janssens, Ph.D., Ignited Hydrogen
Releases from a Simulated Automotive Fuel Line, SwRI Report
No. 01.06939.01.004, prepared for the
Motor Vehicle Fire Research Institute, La Canada,
California, in publication.
Weyandt, N, and Marc L. Janssens, Ph.D., Catastrophic
Failure of a 5,000-psig Hydrogen Cylinder Installed on a
Typical SUV, SwRI Report No. 01.06939.01.005,
prepared for the Motor Vehicle Fire Research Institute, La
Canada, California, December 2006.
Carpenter, K.C., J. P. Huczek, M.L. Janssens, and M.A.
Miller. Development of a Method to Assess the Hazard of
Plastic Components to Passengers Trapped in
Post-Collision Motor Vehicles Fires. Society of Automotive
Engineers (SAE) Paper No. 2005-01-1556 (April 2005). Paper
presented at the SAE World Congress,
Detroit, MI, April 2005.
Carpenter, K.C. and M.L. Janssens. Using Heat Release Rate
to Assess Combustibility of Building Products in the Cone
Calorimeter. Fire Technology 41 (2005):
79-92.
Carpenter, K.C., M.L. Janssens, and A.L. Sauceda. Another
Look at Cone Calorimeter Predictions of Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 302
Performance. Paper presented at the Fire and Materials 2005,
9th International Conference, San Francisco, CA, February
2005.
Carpenter, K.C., J.P. Huczek, M.L. Janssens, and M.A.
Miller. Development of a Method to Assess the Hazard of
Plastic Components to Passengers Trapped in
Post-Collision Motor Vehicles Fires. Society of Automotive
Engineers (SAE) Paper No. 2005-01-1556 (April 2005). Paper
presented at the SAE World Congress,
Detroit, MI, April 2005.
Carpenter, K.C., M.L. Janssens, and A.L. Sauceda. Using the
Cone Calorimeter to Predict Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (FMVSS) 302 Performance of
Automotive Materials. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Paper No. 2005-01-1557 (April 2005). Paper presented at the
SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI,
April 2005.
Costa, Renato DeSouza, N. Weyandt, et al, Titanium Clad
Ignition Studies in Simulated Pressure Oxidation Leaching
Environments. Paper presented to the Corrosion Solutions Conference, Sunriver, Oregon, September
2005.
Griffith, A.L., M.L. Janssens, and K.R. Willson. Evaluation
of Smoke Toxicity of Automotive Materials According to
Standard Small-Scale Test Procedures.
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Paper No. 200501-1558
(April 2005). Paper presented at the SAE World Congress,
Detroit, MI, April 2005.
Janssens, M.L., J. P. Huczek, Juan Flores, and Cory Machado,
Heat Release Rates of Motor Vehicles, NFPA World Safety
Conference and Exposition®, Las Vegas,
Nevada, June 6-10, 2005 (Presentation only).
Janssens, M.L. Fire Test and Evaluation Methods. Paper
presented at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Fire Safe Use of Timber in Construction
Seminar, Wellington, New Zealand, May 2005.
Janssens, M.L. Handbook of Environmental Degradation of
Materials, Chapter 10 Material Flammability, pp 207-225,
Norwich, NY, William Andrew Publishing,
2005.
Lyon, R. E. and M.L. Janssens. Encyclopedia of Polymer
Science & Technology, Flammability, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
Article Online Posting Date: April 15,
2005.
Lyon, R.E. and M.L. Janssens. Polymer Flammability. U.S.
Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT/FAA/AR-05/14, Final Report,Washington, D.C., May 2005.
Weyandt, N, and Marc L. Janssens, Ph.D., Comparative Abuse
Testing of 36 V and 12 V Battery Designs in General
Accordance with SAE J2464, SwRI Report No.
01.06939.01.002, prepared for Motor Vehicle Fire Research
Institute, La Canada, California, 2005.
Zalosh, R. and N. Weyandt. Hydrogen Fuel Tank Fire Exposure
Burst Test. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Paper No.
2005-01-1886 (April 2005). Paper
presented at the SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, April
2005.
Battipaglia, K., J. Huczek, M. Janssens, and M. Miller,
Development of a Method to Assess the Fire Hazard of
Automotive Materials, Tenth International
Interflam 2004 Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 5-7,
2004.
Battipaglia,
K., J. Huczek, M. Janssens, M. Miller, and K.
Willson, Fire Properties of Exterior Automotive Materials,
Eleventh International Conference on
Flame Retardants 2004, London, England, January 27-28, 2004.
Battipaglia, K., J. Huczek, M. Janssens, M. Miller, and K.
Willson, Comparison of Fire Properties of Automotive
Materials and Evaluation of Performance
Levels, 2004 NFPA World Safety Conference and Exposition,
Salt Lake City, UT, May 23-26, 2004.
Battipaglia, K., J. Huczek, M. Janssens, and A. Sauceda,
Using the Cone Calorimeter to Predict FMVSS 302 Performance
of Automotive Materials, 15th Annual
BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials,
Stamford, CT, June 7-9, 2004.
Harper, C.A. (ed), Handbook of Building Materials for Fire
Protection, McGraw-Hill Handbooks, New York, 2004, Chapter
7. Wood and Wood Products, (Janssens,
M.L. and B. Douglas), pp. 1-58.
Huczek, J. and M. Janssens, Application of a Methodology to
Predict Room-Scale Fire Performance From Bench-Scale
Testing, Tenth International Interflam 2004
Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 5-7, 2004.
Janssens, M. L., J. P. Huczek, Application of a Methodology
to Predict Room-Scale Fire Performance from Bench-Scale
Testing, Interflam 2004, 10th
International Conference on Fire Science and Engineering,
Edinburgh, Scotland, July 5-7, 2004.
Janssens, M. L., J. P. Huczek, K. Battipaglia, and M.
Miller, Fire Properties of Exterior Automotive Materials,
Flame Retardants 2004, London, England,
January 27-28, 2004.
Janssens, M.L., J.P. Huczek, K. Battipaglia, and M. Miller,
Comparison of Fire Properties of Automotive Materils, NFPA
World Safety Conference and
Exposition®, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 24-28, 2004
(Presentation only).
Janssens, M. L., J. P. Huczek, K. Battipaglia, and M.
Miller, Development of a Method to Assess the Fire Hazard of
Automotive Materials, Interflam 2004,
10th International Conference on Fire Science and
Engineering, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 5-7, 2004.
Janssens, M. Modeling of the Thermal Degradation of
Structural Wood Members Exposed to Fire, Journal of Fire and
Materials, Vol 28, pp 199-207, 2004.
Janssens, M.L., Fire Testing of FR Polymers, Intensive Short
Course in Research, Production and Marketing of Flame
Retardancy of Polymer Materials, 15th
Annual BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy of Polymeric
Materials, Stamford, CT, June 7-9, 2004.
Janssens, M.L. Heat Release Rate of Motor Vehicles. Paper
presented at the 5th International Conference on
Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design
Methods, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, October 2004.
Weyandt, N, and Marc L. Janssens, Ph.D., Analysis of Induced
Catastrophic Failure of a 5000 psig Type IV Hydrogen
Cylinder, SwRI Report No. 01.06939.01.001,
prepared for Motor Vehicle Fire Research Institute, La
Canada, California, February 2005. Paper presented at the
Fire Risk & Hazard Assessment Research
Application Symposium, Annapolis, MD, June, 2004.
White, R., N. Weyandt, et al, Factors Contributing to
Ignition by Electrical Arcing, SwRI Report No.
01.03684.01.001, March 2004.
Willson, K., M. Janssens, A.L. Griffith, K. Carpenter, and
J. Huczek, Smoke Toxicity Measurements of Automotive
Materials, 228th American Chemistry Society
National Meeting, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science &
Engineering Fire & Polymers Symposium, Philadelphia, PA,
August 22-26, 2004.
Cote, A. E. (ed), Fire Protection Handbook, National Fire
Protection Association, Quincy, MA, Nineteenth Edition,
Volume 1, 2003, Chapter 7. Basics of
Passive Fire Protection, (Janssens, M.L.), pp 2-103 2-117.
Griffith, L and M. Janssens, Fire Toxicity of Automotive
Materials, Fire Risk and Hazard Assessment Research
Application Symposium, Baltimore, MD, July
9-11, 2003.
Janssens, M. L. and J. P. Huczek, Comparison of Fire
Properties of Automotive Materials, 14th Annual BCC
Conference on Flame Retardancy, Stanford, CT, June
2-4, 2003.
Janssens, M. L., J. Kimble, and D. Murphy, Computer Tools to
Determine Material Properties for Fire Growth Modeling from
Cone Calorimeter Data, Fire &
Materials Conference, San Francisco, CA, January 27-28,
2003.
Janssens, M. L., Fire Testing of FR Polymers, Intensive
Short Course in Research, Production and Marketing of Flame
Retardancy of Polymer Materials, 14th
Annual BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy, Stamford, CT,
June 1, 2003.
Janssens, M. L. and J. P. Huczek, Comparison of Fire
Properties of Automotive Materials, 14th Annual BCC
Conference on Flame Retardancy, Stamford, CT, June
2-4, 2003.
Janssens, M. L., Fire Technology Today, Fire Risk and Hazard
Assessment Research Application Symposium, Baltimore, MD,
July 9-11, 2003.
Janssens, M., Improved Method for Analyzing Ignition Data
from the Cone Calorimeter in the Vertical Orientation, in
Fire Safety Science Proceedings of the
Seventh International Symposium, June 16-21, 2002,
Worcester, MA, International Association for Fire Safety
Science, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 2003.
Janssens, M. L. and J. P. Huczek, Fire Hazard Assessment of
Commuter Rail Equipment, Fire Risk and Hazard Assessment
Research Application Symposium,
Baltimore, MD, July 24-26, 2002.
Janssens, M. L. and J. Huczek, Fire Hazard Assessment of
Commuter Rail Equipment, Fire Risk and Hazard Assessment
Research Application Symposium, Baltimore,
MD, July 24-26, 2002.
Janssens, M. L. and A. Garabedian, Fire as a Design Load,
Structural Engineering Association of Texas Conference, El
Paso, TX, October 25, 2002.
Janssens, M. L., Principles of Fire Behavior and Fire
Modeling, Fire Protection Engineering Symposium, Portland,
OR, November 7-8, 2002.
Janssens, M.L., Evaluating Computer Fire Models, Fire
Protection Engineering, (13), pp. 19-22, Winter 2002.
Weyandt, N. Testing of a Cell Phone in a Flammable
Environment. Paper presented to The Institute of Petroleum,
London, April 2002.
Janssens, M.L., Y. Iwata, H. Kosecki, and T. Takahashi,
Combustion Characteristics of Crude Oils, Journal of Fire
and Materials, Vol. 21(1), pp. 1-7,
January/February 2001.
Janssens, M. L., A. Grenier, and S. Dillon, Predicting Fire
Performance of Interior Finish Materials in the ISO 9705
Room/Corner Test, Fire and Materials
01, 7th International Conference and Exhibition, pp.
351-362, January 22-24, 2001, San Francisco, CA,
Interscience Communications, London, England.
Janssens, M. L and S. Dillon, Burning Characteristics of
Methanol and Heptane Pool Fires, Fire and Materials 01, 7th
International Conference and
Exhibition, pp. 517-526, January 22-24, 2001, San Francisco,
CA, Interscience Communications, London, England.
Janssens, M. L., S. Dillon, and M. Hirschler, Using the Cone
Calorimeter as a Screening Tool for the NFPA 265 and NFPA
286 Room Test Procedures, Fire and
Materials 01, 7th International Conference and Exhibition,
pp. 527-539, January 22-24, 2001, San Francisco, CA,
Interscience Communications, London,
England.
Janssens, M.L., S. Dillon, and S. Allwein, Characterizing
the Thermal Environment of the Cone Calorimeter for
Analyzing Ignition Data of Materials, in
Interflam'01, 9th International Fire Conference, pp.
125-135, September 17-19, 2001, Edinburgh, Scotland,
Interscience Communications, London, England,
2001.
Janssens, M.L., S. Dillon, and A. Garabedian, Comparison of
Building Code Classification and Results of
Intermediate-Scale Fire Testing of Stored Plastic
Commodities, in Interflam '01, 9th International Fire
Conference, pp. 593-604, September 27-19, 2001, Edinburgh,
Scotland, Interscience Communications Ltd.,
London, England, 2001.
Janssens, M.L., Introduction to Mathematical Fire Modeling,
Second Edition, Technomic Publishing Co., Lancaster, PA,
2000.
Janssens, M.L., Heat Release Rate, in International Workshop
on Measurement Needs for Fire Safety, Vol. NISTIR 6527, pp.
186-206, April 4-6, 2000,
Gaithersburg, MD, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 2000.
Janssens, M.L., Y. Iwata, and H. Kosecki, Comparison of
Combustion Characteristics of Various Crude Oils, in 4th
Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and
Technology, pp. 453-462, May 24-26, 2000, Tokyo, Japan,
2000.
Janssens, M. L. and A. Wenzel, Using the Cone Calorimeter to
Assess Combustibility of Building Products, FORUM 2000
Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, October
22-23, 2000.
Janssens, M.L. and T. Kashiwagi, Material Fire Performance
and Testing: U.S. Overview, in 15th UJNR Joint Panel
Meeting, Vol. NISTIR 6588, pp. 9-14, March
1-7, 2000, SwRI, San Antonio, TX, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Gaithersburgh, MD, 2000.
Janssens, M.L. and S. Dillon, Balanced Approach to the Fire
Performance Evaluation of Interior Finish Materials, in 15th
UJNR Joint Panel Meeting. Vol.
NISTIR 6588, pp. 43-50, March 1-7, 2000, SwRI, San Antonio,
TX, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD, 2000.
Janssens, M.L., Y. Iwata, and H. Kosecki, Comparison of
Combustion Characteristics of Crude Oils Using the Cone
Calorimeter, in 15th UJNR Joint Panel
Meeting. Vol. NISTIR 6588, pp. 407-411, March 1-7, 2000,
SwRI, San Antonio, TX, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 2000.
Janssens, M.L. and M. Hirschler, Heat and Smoke Measurements
of Construction Materials Tested in a Room-Corner
Configuation According to NFPA 265, in 27th
International Conference on Fire Safety, pp. 11-15, January
11-15, 1999, Millbrae, CA, Product Safety Corporation,
Sunnyvale, CA, 1999.
Janssens, M.L. Computer Fire Model Selection and Data
Sources, in ASTM's Role in Performance-Based Fire Codes and
Standards, Vol. ASTM STP 1377, pp. 74-86,
1998, Nashville, TN, ASTM, West Conshohocken, PA, December
8, 1999.
Janssens, M.L., R. White, M. Distenberger, H. Tran, O. Grexa,
L. Richardson, and K. Sumathipala, Comparison of Test
Protocols for the Standard Room/Corner
Test, Journal of Fire and Materials, Vol. 23(3), pp.
139-146, May/June 1999.
Janssens, M.L., G. Finley, and M. Hirschler, Room Fire
Testing--Recent Experiences and Implications, in Fire and
Materials '99, 6th International Conference
and Exhibition, pp. 83-94, February 22-23, 1999, San
Antonio, TX, Interscience Communications Ltd, London,
England, 1999.
Janssens, M.L. and A.L. Orvis, Trends in Evaluating Toxicity
of Fire Effluents, in Fire and Materials '99, 6th
International Conference and Exhibition, pp.
95-106, February 22-23, 1999, San Antonio, TX, Interscience
Communications Ltd, London England, 1999.
Janssens, M.L. and M. Hirschler, Smoke Obscuration
Measurements in the NFPA 265 Room-Corner Test, in Fire and
Materials '99, 6th International Conference
and Exhibition, pp. 179-198, February 22-23, 1999, San
Antonio, TX, Interscience Communications Ltd., London,
England, 1999.
Janssens, M. L. and A. Wenzel, Test Procedures for
Evaluating Fire Performance of Composites Offshore and
Marine Applications, in Composite Materials for
Offshore Operations-2, pp. 635-652, October 28-30, 1997,
Houston, TX, American Bureau of Shipping, 1999.
Janssens, M.L., A. Garabedian, W. Gray, A.L. Orvis, A.
Grenier, and L. Nash, Comparison Between High Speed Craft
and Other SOLAS-Complying Ships of Fire
Test Requirements for Lining Materials, in Interflam '99,
8th International Fire Conference, pp. 343-353, June 29-July
1, 1999, Edinburgh, Scotland,
Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, 1999.
Janssens, M. L., R. White, M. Dientenberger, H. Tran, O.
Grexa, L. Richardson, and K. Sumathipala, Comparison of Test
Protocols for Standard Room/Corner
Tests, in Fire and Materials '98, 5th International
Conference and Exhibition, pp. 77-88, February 23-24, 1998,
San Antonio, TX, Interscience Communications
Ltd., London, England, 1998.
Janssens, M. L., "A Comparison between the European SBI Test
and Reaction-to-Fire Test Methods in North America," Fire
and Materials International
Conference, San Antonio, TX, February 23-24, 1998.
Janssens, M. L., "Establishment of Cone Calorimeter
Acceptance Criteria for Evaluation of Fire Restricting
Materials for High Speed Craft," Symposium on
Computational and Experimental Methods in Mechanical and
Thermal Engineering, Belgium, May 8, 1998.
Janssens, M. L., "Fire Testing and Computer Modeling at
Southwest Research Institute," ARL PET IMT Workshop,
Aberdeen, Maryland, May 20-21, 1998.
Janssens, M. L., D. Alley, and A. Grenier, "Development of
Cone Calorimeter Acceptance Criteria for Composite Fire
Restricting Materials Used on High Speed
Craft," 14th UJNR Meeting, Tsukuba and Tokyo, Japan, May 27
-June 3, 1998.
Janssens, M.L. and A.L. Orvis, Fire, Smoke, and Toxicity of
Composites on High Speed Craft, Technical Report to DOT: US
Coast Guard R&D Center, Report No.
CT CG-D-27-98, Southwest Research Institute, October 1998.
Janssens, M. L., "Performance-Based Fire Tests of Materials
U.S. Overview," 14th UJNR Meeting, Tsukuba and Tokyo, Japan,
May 27 -June 3, 1998.
Janssens, M. L. and A. Grenier, "An Improved Method for
Analyzing Ignition Data of Composite Materials,"
Twenty-Third International Conference on Fire
Safety, Milbrae, CA, January 13-17, 1997.
Janssens, M. L., "A Method for Calculating the Fire
Resistance of Exposed Timber Decks," 5th International
Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Melbourne,
Australia, March 3-7, 1997.
Janssens, M. L. and J. Griffith, "Fire Performance of
Facades and the Effect of Scale," ASTM Symposium on Very
Large Scale Fires, St. Louis, MO, June 16,
1997.
Janssens, M. L. and T. Bankler, "The New ISO Cone
Calorimeter Standard: A Performance -Based Approach to Fire
Testing," Second International Conference on
Fire Research and Engineering, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD,
August 10-15, 1997.
Janssens, M. L. and J. Urbas, "Comparison of Small and
Intermediate Scale Heat Release Data," in Proceedings of
Interflam '96, March 26-29, 1996, Cambridge,
England, Interscience Communications, London, England, 1996.
Janssens, M. L., Simple Model of the ISO 9705 Ignition
Source, in Annual Conference on Fire Research, pp. 84-88,
October 28-31, 1996, Gaithersburg,
Maryland, NISTIR 5904, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1996.
Janssens, M.L., Interlaboratory Test Program on ASTM E 1354
Standard Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release
Rates for Materials and Products Using
an Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter, Report No. PCN
33-000015-31, ASTM Institute for Standards Research Report,
Philadelphia, PA, p. 164, 1995.
Janssens, M. L., "Innovative Methods for Evaluating
Combustibility of Materials and Assemblies," in Proceedings
of ASIAFLAM 95, pp. 397-407, March 14-15,
1995, Hong Kong, Interscience Communications, London,
England, 1995.
Janssens, M. L., "Calorimetry," Part 3, Chapter 2 of the 2nd
edition of the SFPE Handbook, Society of Fire Protection
Engineers, pp. 3-16 to 3-36, Boston,
MA, 1995.
Janssens, M. L., "Methods and Equations of Fire Calorimetry,"
in Proceedings of the Fire Calorimetry Conference, pp.
11-22, July 27-28, 1995, Gaithersburg,
MD, U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FAA/CT-95/46,
Atlantic City, NJ, 1995.
Janssens, M. L., M. Dietenberger, O. Grexa, and R. White,
"Room/Corner Tests of Wall Linings with 100/300 kW Burner,"
in Proceedings of the 4th Fire and
Materials Conference, pp. 53-62, November 15-16, 1995,
Arlington, VA, Interscience Communications, London, England,
1995.
Janssens, M. L., O. Grexa, and R. White, "Analysis of Cone
Calorimeter Data for Modeling of the Room/Corner Test on
Wall Linings," in Proceedings of the 4th
Fire and Materials Conference, pp. 63-71, November 15-16,
1995, Arlington, VA, Interscience Communications, London,
England, 1995.
Janssens, M. L., M. Dietenberger, O. Grexa, and R. White,
"Predictions of ISO 9705 Room/Corner Test Using a Simple
Model," in Proceedings of the 4th Fire
and Materials Conference, pp. 73-83, November 15-16, 1995,
Arlington, VA, Interscience Communications, London, England,
1995.
Janssens, M. L., "The Computer Program ROOMFIRE: A
Compartment Fire Model Shell," in Proceedings of the
American Chemical Society Symposium on Fire and
Polymers, pp. 409-421, August 1994, Washington, DC, American
Chemical Society Symposium Series 599, Washington, DC, 1995.
Janssens, M. L., "Critical Analysis of the OSU Room Fire
Model for Simulating Corner Fires," in Fire and Flammability
of Furnishings and Contents,
pp.169-185, December 7, 1992, Miami, FL, ASTM, STP 1233,
1994.
Janssens, M. L. and R. White, "Communication: Temperature
Profiles in Wood Members Exposed to Fire," Journal of Fire
and Materials, Vol 18, pp. 263-265,
1994.
Janssens, M. L., "Thermo-Physical Properties of Wood and
Char for Pyrolysis Models," in Proceedings of the Pacific
Timber Engineering Conference, pp.
607-618, Gold Coast, Australia, July 1994.
Janssens, M. L., "Fire Resistance of Exposed Timber Beams
and Columns," in Proceedings of the 3rd Fire and Materials
Conference, pp. 31-40, October 27-28,
1994, Arlington, VA, Interscience Communications, London,
England, 1994.
Janssens, M. L., Fire Modeling Standards Development,
Standardization News, pp. 26-29, November 1994.
Janssens, M. L., Problems in Selecting Property Data for
Wood Pyrolysis Models, in Proceeding of C1B W14 Workshop on
Fire Modeling, pp. 1-8, January 26,
1993, The Netherlands, Institute TNO for Building Materials
and Construction Delft, The Netherlands, 1993.
Janssens, M. L., "Cone Calorimeter Measurements of the Heat
of Gasification of Wood," in Proceedings of Interflam '93,
pp. 549-558, March 30-April 1, 1993,
Oxford, England, Interscience Communications, London,
England, 1993.
Janssens, M. L. and H. Tran, "Modeling the Burner Source in
the ASTM Room Fire Test," Journal of Fire Protection
Engineering, Vol 5, pp. 53-66, 1993.
Janssens, M. L., "Heat Release in Building Codes," in First
Japan Symposium on Heat Release and Fire Hazard, pp.
109-114, May 10-11, 1993, Tsukuba, Japan,
Center for Better Living, 1993.
Janssens, M. L., "Improved Method of Analysis for the LIFT
Apparatus, Part I: Ignition" in Proceedings of the 2nd Fire
and Materials Conference, pp. 37-46, September 23-24, 1993, Arlington, VA, Interscience
Communications, London, England, 1993.
Janssens, M. L. and K. Bland, "Structural Fire Resistance
Design of Wood Beams and Columns: A Comparison of European
and North-American Practices," in 21st
Century Timber Engineering, ASCE Convention, October,
Dallas, TX, 1993.
Janssens, M. L., Opposed-Flow Flame Spread Over Wood
Surfaces, Wood Burning 92, International Conference, pp.
29-38, High Tatras, Slovakia, June 1-5, 1992,
Technical University, Zvolen, Slovakia, 1992.
Janssens, M. L., V. Babrauskas, W. Twilley, and S. Yusa,
"Cone Calorimeter for Controlled-Atmosphere Studies,"
Journal of Fire and Materials, Vol 16, pp.
37-43, 1992.
Janssens, M. L., "Modeling the E84 Tunnel Test for Wood
Products," in Proceedings of the 1st Fire and Materials
Conference, pp.33-42, September 24-25, 1992,
Arlington, VA, Interscience Communications, London, England,
1992.
Janssens, M. L., F. Clarke, H. van Kuijk, R. Valentine, G.
Makovec, W. Seidel, B. Baker, D. Kasprzak, J. Bonesteel, and
C. Herpol, "Toxicity of Smoke from
Fires Involving Perfluoropolymers: Full-Scale Fire Studies,"
Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol 10, pp. 498-527, 1992.
Janssens, M. L. and H. Tran, "Data Reduction of Room Tests
for Zone Model Validation," Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol
10, pp. 528-555, 1992.
Janssens, M. L. and W. Parker, "Oxygen Consumption
Calorimetry," Chapter 3 in Heat Release in Fires, pp. 3159,
Elsevier, New York, 1992.
Janssens, M. L., "Room Fire Models, Part A: General,"
Chapter 6 in Heat Release in Fires, pp. 113-157, Elsevier,
New York, 1992.
Janssens, M. L., "Determining Flame Spread Properties from
Cone Calorimeter Measurements, Part A: General Concepts,"
Chapter 9 in Heat Release in Fires, pp.
265-281, Elsevier, New York, 1992.
Janssens, M. L., "Rate of Heat Release of Wood Products,"
presented at International Conference on Fire: Control the
Heat ... Reduce the Hazard, London,
England, October 24-25, 1988. Published in expanded form in
the Fire Safety Journal, Vol 17, pp. 217-238, 1991.
Janssens, M. L. and H. Tran, "Wall and Corner Fire Tests on
Selected Wood Products," Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol 9,
pp. 106-124, 1991.
Janssens, M. L., V. Babrauskas, R. Peacock, and N. Batho,
"Standardization of Formats and Presentation of Fire Data:
The FDMS," Journal of Fire and Materials, Vol 15, pp. 85-92, 1991.
Janssens, M. L., "Measuring Rate of Heat Release by Oxygen
Consumption," Fire Technology, Vol 27, pp. 234-249, 1991.
Janssens, M. L., "Thermal Model for Piloted Ignition of Wood
Including Variable Thermophysical Properties," in
Proceedings of the 3rd International
Symposium, pp. 167-176, July 8-12, 1991, Edinburgh,
Scotland, Elsevier Applied Science, New York, 1991.
Janssens, M. L., G. Mulholland, S. Yusa, W. Twilley, and V.
Babrauskas, "Effect of Oxygen Concentration on CO and Smoke
Produced by Flames," in Proceedings
of the 3rd International Symposium, pp. 585-594, July 812,
1991, Edinburgh, Scotland, Elsevier Applied Science, New
York, 1991.
Janssens, M. L., F. Clarke, H. van Kuijk, G. Makovec, W.
Seidel, B. Baker, D. Kasprzak, G. Marovec, J. Bonesteel, and
C. Herpol, "Inhalation Toxicity of
Smoke from Fires Involving Perfluoropolymers," in
Proceedings of Interflam '90, pp. 287-295, September 3-6,
1990, Canterbury, England, Interscience
Communications, London, England, 1990.
Janssens, M. L., "Use of Bench-Scale Piloted Ignition Data
for Mathematical Fire Models," in Proceedings of
International Conference on Fire in Buildings,
pp. 31-35, September 25-26, 1989, Toronto, Canada, Technomic
Publishing Co., Lancaster, PA, 1989.
Janssens, M. L. and H. Tran, "Room Fire Test for Fire Growth
Modeling, A Sensitivity Study," Journal of Fire Sciences,
Vol 7, pp. 217-236, 1989.
Janssens, M. L., "Some Experience with the Cone Calorimeter,
An Instrument to Measure the Rate of Smoke and Heat
Release," in Fundamental Aspects of Polymer
Flammability, IOP Meetings, Series No. 4, pp. 111-125,
Institute of Physics, Bristol, England, 1987.
Janssens, M. L., F. Clarke, H. van Kuijk, J. Bonesteel, J.
DiPinto, R. Valentine, and P. Vandevelde, "Experimental
Design for Full-Scale Evaluation of the
Toxicity of the Products of Combustion from Cables," in
Proceedings of the 36th Wire and Cable Symposium, pp.
276-283, Arlington, VA, 1987.
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