- Author
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Steckler, K. D.
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Hamins, A.
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Kashiwagi, T.
- Title
- Model for the Burning of a Horizontal Slab of Wood: Status Report.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NISTIR 5499,
September 1994,
- Book or Conf
- National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: BOOK OF ABSTRACTS. October 17-20, 1994,
Gaithersburg, MD,
111-112 p.,
1994
- Keywords
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fire research
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wood
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slabs (members)
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burning rate
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char
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combustion
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vapor phases
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solid phases
- Abstract
- We are in the process of developing a burning-rate model for char-forming materials. Currently, the combustion of a horizontal slab of wood, exposed to an external radiant source, is being modeled in terms of two coupled sub-models which simulate gas and solid (condensed) phase processes. Although there are still problems with the solid-phase model, the results to date are encouraging.