mcb1 / matl-db

Condensed Phase Material Database

For information on how to participate, please read the Guidelines for Participation in the 2021 MaCFP Condensed Phase Workshop.

Virtual Discusion Forum

A Google Discussion Group for the MaCFP Working Group can be accessed here: MaCFP Virtual Discussion Forum. The purpose of this forum is to facilitate data sharing and model development to improve computational predictions of thermal degradation and pyrolysis in fire

Information presented at the MaCFP-2 Workshop can be found on the GitHub Releases page:

MaCFP-2 Presentations (Waterloo, 2021)

Preliminary Summary of Experimental Measurements submitted to MaCFP-2

How to Submit Experimental Data

Experimental and Modeling Results will be submitted, stored, and made publicly available on the MaCFP GitHub Repository. Experimental data may be shared by submitting pull requests to this repository or by sending data via email to Dr. Isaac Leventon or Dr. Morgan Bruns.

File Format

Experimental and Model results should be organized in simple ASCII comma-delimited files (*.csv files) with clear header names. Note: For all submitted measurement data, please ensure that results are obtained with a data acquisition rate of 1 Hz (for bench scale measurements; e.g. cone calorimeter) and between 2 and 5 K^-1 (for mg-scale experiments; e.g. TGA). Examples of how to format data submissions, which may be used as templates, are included here.

File Naming

For simplicity, please collect your files in a single folder with your INSTITUTE name [INSTITUTE]. Please save measurement results with a name indicating your INSTITUTE, the experimental apparatus used, test conditions, and test repetition number. For example: INSITUTE_TGA_N2_10K_1.csv or Institute_ConeCalorimeter_25kW_1.csv. Gram-scale experiments (e.g., Cone, FPA, gasification) should include this external heat flux information in the file name, as indicated above; mg-scale experiments (e.g., TGA or DSC) should include heating rate and gaseous environment in the filename.

File Organization

Measurement data from repeated experiments should be saved and submitted as separate files, numbered sequentially (e.g.,INSITUTE_TGA_N2_10K_1.csv and INSITUTE_TGA_N2_10K_2.csv).

File Description

Please also include a separate README file (.md) that provides a description of the test conditions of all experiments conducted and submitted (see the Measurements section of Guidelines for Participation in the 2021 MaCFP Condensed Phase Workshop.pdf, for details on what information should be included in this file).

Note, some iteration on formatting may be required before the results can be merged into the MaCFP database.