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Author
Vodvarka, F. J.
Title
Full Scale Burns in Urban Areas. Shelter Experiments. Final Technical Report. April 1968-June 1969.
Coporate
IIT Research Inst., Chicago, IL
Sponsor
Office of Civil Defense, Washington, DC
Report
Final Technical Report; IITRI Project J6009; OCD Work Unit 1134A, June 1969, 52 p.
Contract
N00228-68-C-2368
Keywords
urban fires | shelters (fallout) | large scale fire tests | experiments | debris | toxic gases | heat transfer | concretes | fire safety
Identifiers
gas penetration
Abstract
A full scale experiment was performed to measure the effects of a debris fire atop a basement shelter. The experiment utilized a two-story, concrete-block building, with the fire on the second floor and the first floor sealed to simulate a below-grade shelter. Eighty small holes, totalling 20 sq in., were drilled in the concrete second floor to approximate the effects of cracks, and provision was made to pressurize the shelter area.