Similarity of Turbulent Wall Fires.
Similarity of Turbulent Wall Fires.
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deRis, J.; Orloff, L.
NISTIR 5499; September 1994.
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual
Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts.
October 17-20, 1994, Gaithersburg, MD, 157-158 pp, 1994.
Sponsor:
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB95-104964
Keywords:
fire research; wall fires; flammability; heat release
rate; fire spread; heat transfer
Abstract:
This study was undertaken to help resolve the general
flammability problem - namely, to predict heat release
rates and fire spread rates in terms of readily measured
material flammability properties. At present much of
the problem is understood; however we do not have
established procedures for predicting the radiative heat
transfer to adjacent fuel surfaces. These predictions
must be quite accurate because upward spread and burning
processes are very sensitive to flame heat transfer from
the flames due to positive feedback. The present work
parallel Markstein's investigation of the radiant heat
transfer blockage by the cold gas and soot near the fuel
surface.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899