Sofa Fire

Sofa fire time-line

Times are in seconds from ignition. Select a picture to view a larger version.

0 s, 0 kW	30 s, 8 kW	60 s, 16 kW	90 s, 83 kW

120 s, 230 kW	150 s, 450 kW	180 s, 790 kW	210 s, 1.1 MW

240 s, 1.5 MW	270 s, 1.7 MW	300 s, 1.9 MW	330 s, 1.9 MW

360 s, 2.6 MW	390 s, 3.5 MW	420 s, 3.1 MW	450 s, 2.3 MW

480 s, 2.0 MW	510 s, 1.4 MW	540 s, 950 kW

The heat release data for this case is incorporated into the default one-room case for CFAST/FASTLite. If you are running FASTLite, we suggest that you copy this file into the default example directory, C:\FLITE . The data is available in a generic spread sheet (comma delimited) format and in an Excel worksheet format. Data for the loveseat and sofa is also available in both a generic (comma delimited) format and Excel worksheet format.

View a movie of this fire by downloading one of the following mpeg (750 k) or quick time (1.2 m) files.

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Date created: August 24, 2010 | Last updated: January 23, 2011 Contact: Webmaster