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Author
Johnsson, E. L. | Bryner, N. P. | Pitts, W. M.
Title
Fire-Induced Mass Flow Into a Reduced-Scale Enclosure.
Coporate
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Report
NISTIR 5499, September 1994,
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Book or Conf
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: BOOK OF ABSTRACTS. October 17-20, 1994, Gaithersburg, MD, 87-88 p., 1994
Keywords
fire research | mass flow | enclosures | fluid dynamics
Abstract
Enclosure fires are of great interest because of the resulting loss of life and property, yet the fluid dynamic and chemical behaviors of fires within enclosures are still not well understood. In recent decades, it has become clear that burning rates, fire growth and spread, production of toxic gases, and depletion of oxygen in room fires are very dependent on air supply and entrainment rates.