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Fire Safety Journal 17 (1991) 559-562 CONTENTS OF VOLUME 17 Number 1 Rates of Heat Release and Related Fire Parameters for Silicones R. R. BUCH (USA) Effective Measurement Techniques for Heat, Smoke, and Toxic Fire Gases . . . VYTENIS BABRAUSKAS (USA) Smoke Productioni n the Cone Calorimeter and the Room Fire Test B. A.-L. OSTMAN & L. D. TSANTARIDIS (Sweden) Thermal Analysis of Plasticised PVC Containing Flame Retardant/Smoke Suppressant Inorganic and Organometallic Iron Compounds P. CARTY, E. METCALFE & T. J. SABEN (UK) Flammability and Storage Studies of Selected Fire-resistant Fluids RALPH LITTLE, SEETAR PANDE, JAMES ROMANS & JAN SHIRLEY MATUSZKO (USA) Announcement Calendar Editorial Welcoming Address Major Fire Disasters Involving Flashover D. J. RASBASH (UK) Fire Safety in Europe 1992 L. TWILT (The Netherlands) Fire Safety Concept WOLFRAM BECKER & HELMUT HERTEL (FRG) Natural Fires: Research and Application in Consulting KARL KORDINA (FRG) The Role of a Fire Safety Engineer H. L. MALHOTRA (UK) Fire Behaviour of Ducts JOEL KRUPPA (France) Fire Grading and Fire Behaviour MARGARET LAW (UK) Fire Safety Journal (17) (1991}—© 1991 Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd. Printed in Northern Ireland 560 Contents of Volume 17 Recent Studies at the Center for Fire Science and Technology in Tokyo KUNIO KAWAGOE (Japan) Integration of Fire Science into Building Requirements ROBERT W. FITZGERALD (USA) Temperature Development in Externally Fire Exposed Rooms KAI ODEEN (Sweden) Estimating Air Leakage Through Doors for Smoke Control DANIEL GROSS (USA) Internationalisation of Fire Research P. H.T HOMAS (UK) Calendar Number 3 Latest Developments in Wool Aircraft Textile Furnishings L. BENISEK, P. C. MYERS, M. J. PALIN & R. WOOLLIN (UK) The Mortality of Burns J. C. LAWRENCE (UK) Rate of Heat Release of Wood Products MARC JANSSENS (USA) The Measurement of Smoke in Rate of Heat Release Equipment in a Manner Related to Fire Hazard MARCELO M. HIRSCHLER (USA) Book Review Calendar Number 4 Numerical Simulation on Cooling of the Fire-induced Air Flow by Sprinkler Water Sprays W. K. CHOW & N. K. FONG (Hong Kong) Measuring Degrees of Combustibility Using an OSU Apparatus and Oxygen- Depletion Principle YOSHIO TSUCHIYA & J. F. MATHIEU (Canada) Small-scale Compartment Fire Experiments with PMMA Cribs D. YUNG (Canada) Modelling of Concrete Walls in Fire A. J. OMEAGHER & I. D. BENNETTS (Australia) Calendar Contents of Volume 17 Number 5 Fire Risk in Buildings: Frequency of Exposure and Physical Model M. D. BRANDYBERRY & G. E. APOSTOLAKIS (USA) Fire Risk in Buildings: Scenario Definition and Ignition Frequency Calculations M. D. BRANDYBERRY & G. E. APOSTOLAKIS (USA) Analysis of Large-scale Fire Test Data RICHARD D. PEACOCK & VYTENIS BABRAUSKAS (USA) Letters to the Editor Comment on The Accuracy of Computer Fire Models: Some Comparisons with Experimental Data from Australia P. J. JOHNSON (Australia) Revision of BS 5588: Part 4: Smoke Control in Protected Escape Routes Using Pressurization A. HAY (UK) Calendar Number 6 Editorial Electrostatic Fire Detector a A. SCHMIDT-OTT, W.KRULL (FRG) & H. BURTSCHER (Switzerland) The Use of Low Power Carbon Monoxide Sensors to Provide Early Warning of J.A. HARWOOD, P. T. MOSELEY, R. PEAT & C. A. REYNOLDS (UK) Background Signals from Fire Detectors: Measurement, Analysis, Application J. N. SMITHIES, P. E. BURRY & M. J. SPEARPOINT (UK) Acquisition and Analysis of Fire Sensor Signals in Selected Environments P. RYSER & D.WIESER (Switzerland) An Algorithm for Improving the Reliability of Detection with Processing of Multiple Sensors’ Signal HIROMITSU ISHII, TAKASHI ONO, YUKIO YAMAUCHI & SHIGERU OHTARI (Japan) A Data Acquisition and Recording System for Fire Parameters OTFRIED POST (FRG) Analysis, Synthesis and Simulation of Fire Signals as a Tool for the Test of Automatic Fire Detection Systems JORG KLOSE (FRG) 562 Contents of Volume 17 A Composite Detection Algorithm Using Signal Trend Information of Two Different Sensors RAINER SIEBEL (FRG) A Primitive Study of a Fire Detection Method Controlled by Artificial Neural Net 535 YOSHIAKI OKAYAMA (Japan) Calendar