- 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. Final Report. July 1, 1971-June 30, 1972. Including 3rd Quarterly Progress Report. January 1, 1972-April 1, 1972.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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Final Report; 3rd Quarterly Progress Report; FMRC Serial 20588,
June 1972,
48 p.
- Keywords
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textiles
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experiments
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fire spread
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scaling laws
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laminar flames
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turbulent burning
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vapor phases
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equations
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solid phases
- 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.