“Combustion behavior of upholstered furniture (CBUF) ‐ Fire Safety of Upholstered Furniture ‐ EUR 16477 EN” was initiated by the European Commission (EC) since a major contributor to fire deaths in Europe was upholstered furniture. The EC and the participating research partners formulated this project to provide a scientifically sound basis for a European Union Directive. The aim of the directive was to improve fire safety in Europe as well as removing barriers to trade and creating a harmonized open market for upholstered furniture. The furniture directive never came through, but the project reached a significant understanding of how furniture burns, how furniture composition affects the heat release rate, and how well or poorly different models predict full‐scale test results and the developing hazard to people. The results were published as a book and presentations were made at several conferences. This article is a summary of some of the important findings in the CBUF project. It presents guidance for the design of low flammability upholstered furniture and the extent to which small‐scale test results can be used to predict room fire behavior. It presents test procedures and experimental data. However, much of the work that has been conducted is not presented in this article. In particular, background data and reasoning are omitted or reduced in favor of the results and conclusions.

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软体家具的燃烧行为。重要发现，实际用途及其含义

由欧洲委员会（EC）发起的“软垫家具的燃烧行为-软垫家具的防火安全-EUR 16477 EN”是因为软垫家具是造成欧洲火灾死亡的主要原因。EC和参与研究的合作伙伴制定了该项目，以为欧盟指令提供科学依据。该指令的目的是改善欧洲的消防安全，消除贸易壁垒，并为软垫家具创造一个统一的开放市场。家具指令从未通过，但是该项目对家具如何燃烧，家具成分如何影响放热率以及不同模型预测全面测试结果的好坏程度以及对人的发展形成了深刻的了解。结果以书的形式出版，并在多个会议上作了介绍。本文总结了CBUF项目中的一些重要发现。它为低易燃性软垫家具的设计提供了指导，并提供了小规模的测试结果可用于预测室内火灾行为的程度。它介绍了测试程序和实验数据。但是，本文中未介绍已进行的许多工作。特别是，为了有利于结果和结论，省略或减少了背景数据和推理。它为低易燃软垫家具的设计提供了指导，并提供了小规模的测试结果可用于预测室内火灾行为的程度的指导。它介绍了测试程序和实验数据。但是，本文中未介绍已进行的许多工作。特别是，为了有利于结果和结论，省略或减少了背景数据和推理。它为低易燃性软垫家具的设计提供了指导，并提供了小规模的测试结果可用于预测室内火灾行为的程度。它介绍了测试程序和实验数据。但是，本文中未介绍已进行的许多工作。特别是，为了有利于结果和结论，省略或减少了背景数据和推理。