- Author
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Spearpoint, M. J.
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Quintiere, J. G.
- Title
- Predicting the Piloted Ignition of Wood in the Cone Calorimeter Using an Integral Model: Effect of Species, Grain Orientation and Heat Flux.
- Coporate
- Maryland Univ., College Park
- Journal
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 36,
No. 4,
391-415,
June 2001
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Keywords
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wood
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cone calorimeters
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pilot ignition
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heat flux
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burning rate
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ignition
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charring
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material properties
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equations
- Identifiers
- integral model; thermo-physical material properties; thermal diffusivity values for species of wood tested; critical heat fluxes obtained from experiments; comparison of critical heat fluxes for ignition using 'high' and all incident heat flux data; measured and derived properties of wood samples tested; derived thermal conductivity and specific heat at ignition of the four species of wood tested