- Author
- Thomas, P. H.
- Title
- Size of Flames From Natural Fires.
- Coporate
- Fire Research Station, Borehamwood, England
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute, Symposium (International) on Combustion, 9th. August 27-September 1, 1962, Adacemic Press, NY, Ithaca, NY, 844-859 p., 1963
- Keywords
- flame size | turbulent flames | fuels | air entrainment | wind | velocity | burning rate | flame length | fire protection | temperature
- Abstract
- Uncontrolled fires produce flames where the initial momentum of the fuel is low compared with the momentum produced by buoyancy. This paper discusses one of the least studied features of natural fires--the length of the turbulent flames rising from the burning fuel.