- Author
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Babrauskas, V.
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Williamson, R. B.
- Title
- Post-Flashover Compartment Fires: Basis of a Theoretical Model.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
California Univ., Berkeley
- Journal
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Fire and Materials,
Vol. 2,
No. 2,
39-53,
April 1978
- Keywords
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compartment fires
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flashover
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windows
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ventilation
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gas temperature
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fuel pyrolysis
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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.