Heat sensing manikin test probe

• Published in: Fire and materials Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 195 - 199
• Main Authors: Andersson, Petra, Holmstedt, Göran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.07.2000; Wiley
• Subjects: Annan samhällsbyggnadsteknik; Applied sciences; Building technical equipments; Building Technologies; Buildings; Buildings. Public works; Civil Engineering; Computational methods; Engineering and Technology; Exact sciences and technology; Fire protection; Heat flux; Heat radiation; Husbyggnad; Miscellaneous; Other Civil Engineering; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik; Sensors; Skin; Teknik; Performance evaluation; Human; Script; Measurement sensor; Temperature sensor; Forecast model; Pool fire; Pig; Burn; Thermal properties; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Failure analysis; Numerical simulation; Skin; Artiodactyla; Fire effect; Ungulata
• ISSN: 0308-0501; 1099-1018; 1099-1018
• DOI: 10.1002/1099-1018(200007/08)24:4<195::AID-FAM738>3.0.CO;2-Z

A manikin test probe has been developed to simulate the thermal behaviour of human skin when exposed to thermal conditions likely to occur in fires. The threshold for second‐degree burn injuries is evaluated from the temperature readings using a damage integral. The probe has been exposed to different radiation fluxes and the calculated damage criterion for second‐degree burn injuries is in agreement with data from the literature on human skin and pig skin. Probes mounted on a manikin have been used to assess how the extent of burn injuries develop as a function of time on a fully dressed pilot inside a military aeroplane surrounded by a large pool fire. In another scenario burn injuries for humans inside a fire room are assessed when a super‐heated water mist extinguishing system is activated. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.