- Author
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Markstein, G. H.
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deRis, J.
- Title
- Dynamics of Textile Fire: A Study of Its Mechanisms - Theory and Experiment. 2nd Quarterly Progress Report. October 1, 1971-January 1, 1972.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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2nd Quarterly Progress Report; FMRC Serial 20588,
January 1972,
26 p.
- Contract
- 1-35841
- Keywords
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textiles
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experiments
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fire spread
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mathematical models
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temperature
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pressure
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moisture content
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thermochemical properties
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experiments
- Abstract
- To develop an experimentally verified physical and mathematical model for the upward steady fire spread over the surface of textile materials. The predictive model will include the effects of: (1) gravitational orientation; (2) ambient atmospheric temperature, pressure and composition; as well as (3) textile weight per unit area, moisture content, and thermochemical properties. The experiments will initially guide the development of the physical and mathematical model, and subsequently verify the predicitons of the theory.