Comparison of Wall-Fire Behavior With and Without a Ceiling.
Comparison of Wall-Fire Behavior With and Without a
Ceiling.
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Mitler, H. E.; Steckler, K. D.
NISTIR 5380; 32 p. November 1993.
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Order number: PB94-207404
Keywords:
wall fires; ceiling fires; ceiling jets; burning rate;
fire research; radiation feedback; spread rates
Abstract:
This paper demonstrates that the effects of the ceiling
on the progress of a wall fire are quite significant,
and that a project to quantify and model the effects of
a ceiling on the progress of a wall fire is indeed
justified. Experimental results from the open
literature are used for this purpose, as well as
previously-unpublished experimental results obtained at
NIST. The wall-fire model SPREAD and the room-fire
model FIRST are used seriatim to show that part of this
effect can be calculated now.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899