Static Pressure Measurements of Enclosure Fires.
Static Pressure Measurements of Enclosure Fires.
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McCaffrey, B. J.; Rockett, J. A.
American Chemical Society. National Symposium on Fire
Safety Aspects of Polymeric Materials. June 6-8, 1977,
Washington, DC, 1-53 pp, 1977.
Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards,
Vol. 82, No. 2, 107-117, September/October 1977.
Keywords:
fire safety; plastics; enclosures; pressure;
entrainment; plumes; scale models
Abstract:
Some enclosure-fire static pressure measurements are
presented for both full and scale model rooms and are
compared with the present hydraulics-orifice flow model
for fire induced flows into and out of enclosures.
Results indicate that the vertical pressure differential
(enclosure to ambient) follows the expected hydrostatic
distribution quite well and accurately reflects the
doorway inflow and outflow gas velocities.
