1 - The fire regulations and passive fire protection in railway rolling stock: EUROPE and US
- The 6 Whats of the EN 45545 standard
- Understand the concepts of interoperability,
- Understand the links between EU directives, technical specifications of interoperability 5TSI) and fire standards
- Integrate the new parameters (FIRST approach)
- Make the link between the fire standard and the final application
- EN 45545 : focus on complex materials, multilayer and composites
- Integrate the assembly rules which are used in the confection of samples
- Picture how to confection sample from complex materials or assemblies
- EN 45545 : focus on grouping rules for electro-technical materials
- Integrate the grouping rules to optimize the implementation
- Picture how to streamline the testing costs
- EN 45545 : Comparison with national railway standards
- Compare the national standards : NF F 16 101 (FR), DIN 5510 (DE), UNI 11170 (IT), BS 6853 (GB),
- PN K 02511/502 (PL),
- Picture key differences et key convergences in term of heat fluxes, thermal attacks and fire sce
- The 6 Whats of NFPA 130 American standard
- Understand the safety approach according to NFPA 130 standard,
- Make the link between application grids and fire standards
- NFPA 130 : focus on fire tests in connection with the thermal attacks and fire standards
- Introduce ASTM standards introduced by NFPA 130 ,
- Picture the different values of thermal stresses
- Understand the corresponding heat transfer modes.
- Get a clear picture of correlations existing between NFPA 130 vs EN 45545 vs NF F 16101
2 - The fire and the fireproofing STRATEGY: the Fundamentals linked to Materials and FR additives
- Introduction to basics of the fire safety
- Understand the basics of fire safety,
- Understand the link between fire standards &-regulation,
- Integrate the concepts of active and passive safety
- Fire resistance and fire reaction: what are the differences? Testing Methodologies, Materials- Standards- Regulations
- Understand the relationship of these two approaches to secure assemblies,
- Make easy connection between materials and these functions
- Fundamental on the thermal stability of polymer matrix:
- Understanding the basics of thermal stability of the polymers and materials,
- Picture the fundamental differences between thermoplastics and thermosets,
- Picture the mapping of materials regard to their thermal stability and end use functions
- Level 1 : The fireproofing strategies of materials
- Integrate the available solutions for the fireproofing (different kinds of FR vs mode of action)
- Level 2 : The fireproofing strategies of materials
- Integrate the current and various Fire retardant solutions in terms of chemistry, kinetics, reactivity and timing,
- Understand the fireproofing mechanisms and the synergy effects.
- Picture environmental issues linked to Reach and other EU drivers
- Level 3: The concept of intumescence
- Understand the chemistry of ternary intumescent systems
- Integrate the parameters which control the kinetics of the reaction,
- Understand the timing of the reactions that lead to a high quality char
- Make the link between intumescent additives and polymer matrix
- Picture the current application sectors