Model for the Burning of a Horizontal Slab of Wood: Status Report.
Model for the Burning of a Horizontal Slab of Wood:
Status Report.
(141 K)
Steckler, K. D.; Hamins, A.; Kashiwagi, T.
NISTIR 5499; September 1994.
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual
Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts.
October 17-20, 1994, Gaithersburg, MD, 111-112 pp, 1994.
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB95-104964
Keywords:
fire research; wood; slabs (members); burning rate;
char; combustion; vapor phases; solid phases
Abstract:
We are in the process of developing a burning-rate model
for char-forming materials. Currently, the combustion
of a horizontal slab of wood, exposed to an external
radiant source, is being modeled in terms of two coupled
sub-models which simulate gas and solid (condensed)
phase processes. Although there are still problems with
the solid-phase model, the results to date are
encouraging.
