ISSN:
0308-0501
Keywords:
compartment fires
;
fire growth
;
flashover
;
full-scale tests
;
interior finish
;
physical models
;
room fires
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Quarter-scale tests of ten full-scale room fire tests were conducted by using an existing scaling technique developed at the National Bureau of Standards. Test results confirmed earlier studies which showed that, under constant fire exposure conditions, quarter-scale room testing ranked interior finish materials in the same order as did full-scale tests based on their times to achieve room flashover. In general, quarter-scale tests were less severe and took longer to reach peak room fire buildup because of a lower convective and radiative heat transfer in the quarter-scale room. These tests also generated more CO per unit mass of material and experienced lower combustion efficiencies than did their corresponding full-scale tests.
Additional Material:
10 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fam.810110404
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