In unique fire tests, outdoor decks will be under firebrand attack
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 09:30
in Physics & Chemistry
The National Institute of Standards and Technology will unleash its Dragon -- a NIST invention that bellows showers of glowing embers, or firebrands -- at a unique wind tunnel test facility in Japan, where researchers will evaluate the vulnerability of outdoor deck assemblies and materials to ignition during wildfires, a growing peril that accounts for half of the nations 10 most costly fires.