- Author
- Babrauskas, V. | Williamson, R. B.
- Title
- Post-Flashover Compartment Fires: Basis of a Theoretical Model.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD California Univ., Berkeley
- Journal
- Fire and Materials, Vol. 2, No. 2, 39-53, April 1978
- Keywords
- compartment fires | flashover | windows | ventilation | gas temperature | fuel pyrolysis | combustion
- Abstract
- A theoretical model of compartment fires in the post-flashover stage is presented. The model incorporates the stirred reactor assumption and window flow approximation of Kawagoe, but treats fuel burning rates and burning regimes in a theoretical manner. The resulting formulation preserves the important features of the fire behavior but is simple enough to permit use for building fire safety design purposes.