Upward Flame Spread Along a Vertical Solid for Transient Local Heat Release Rate.
Upward Flame Spread Along a Vertical Solid for Transient
Local Heat Release Rate.
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Hasemi, Y.; Yoshida, M.; Yasui, N.; Parker, W. J.
International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire
Safety Science. Proceedings. 4th International
Symposium. July 13-17, 1994, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA,
Kashiwagi, T., Editor(s), 385-396 pp, 1994.
Keywords:
fire research; fire safety; fire science; heat release
rate; flame spread; burnout; charring; equations; flame
spread test; material properties; heat flux; experiments
Abstract:
Theoretical and experimental analysis of turbulent
upward flame spread along a vertical solid is presented.
A conventional flame spread model based on a linearized
flame height approximation is generalized to incorporate
burnout effects. The model is verified against
full-scale flame spread tests using material heat
release data obtained from intermediate-scale tests in
which the time history of surface heat flux during the
flame spread tests was reproduced.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899