- Author
-
Corlett, R. C.
|
Williams, F. A.
- Title
- Modeling Direct Suppression of Open Fires.
- Coporate
- Washington, Univ., Seattle
California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla
- Journal
-
Fire Research,
Vol. 1,
No. 6,
323-337,
1978/1979
- Sponsor
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Contract
- NSF-GI-36528X
NBS-GRANT-G8-9005
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute/Western States Section. 1975 Fall Meeting,
1979
- Keywords
-
water
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fire suppression
|
model studies
- Identifiers
- quantitative modeling of direct suppression
- Abstract
- A modeling framework for direct suppression of open fires is proposed, with emphasis placed on water application as the primary means of suppression. The modeling capability sought is quantitative determination of the deviation of a fire from its undisturbed history, as a function of the type and extend of suppressive action taken. The approach involves introduction of a length scale of coherent flaming, successful suppression being viewed as reduction of the coherent length below a prespecified value.