Fire-Induced Mass Flow Into a Reduced-Scale Enclosure.
Fire-Induced Mass Flow Into a Reduced-Scale Enclosure.
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Johnsson, E. L.; Bryner, N. P.; Pitts, W. M.
NISTIR 5499; September 1994.
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual
Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts.
October 17-20, 1994, Gaithersburg, MD, 87-88 pp, 1994.
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB95-104964
Keywords:
fire research; mass flow; enclosures; fluid dynamics
Abstract:
Enclosure fires are of great interest because of the
resulting loss of life and property, yet the fluid
dynamic and chemical behaviors of fires within
enclosures are still not well understood. In recent
decades, it has become clear that burning rates, fire
growth and spread, production of toxic gases, and
depletion of oxygen in room fires are very dependent on
air supply and entrainment rates.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899