- Author
- Quintiere, J. G. | Harkleroad, M. F. | Hasemi, Y.
- Title
- Wall Flames and Implications for Upward Flame Spread. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD Building Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
- Journal
- Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 48, No. 3/4, 191-222, 1986
- Report
- NIST SP 971; DOT/FAA/CT-85/2; AIAA-85-0456, August 2001; June 1985, 46 p.
- Distribution
- For More Information on NIST SP 971 visit: WEBSITE: http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/866/heatflux/index.htm
- Book or Conf
- NIST SP 971: "Collected Reports and Publications by the National Institute of Standards and Technology on Heat Flux Gage Calibration and Usage." AND AIAA 23rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting. January 14-17, 1985, Reno, Nevada, 16 p., ['2001', '1986', '1985']
- Keywords
- flame spread | heat transfer | walls | measurement
- Abstract
- This is a final report dealing with new concepts for predicting the flame spread on materials from laboratory measurements. It focuses on heat transfer which precipitates and precedes upward flame spread on a vertical surface. Six materials have been featured in this study as well as in past related studies. Their relevant flame spread measurements are presented. In this particular study heat transfert and flame height results are presented for wall samples burned at varying levels of external irradiance. Also complementary results are presented for methane line burner wall fires. An approximate theoretical analysis is incalude to serve as a guide to identifying the important variables and their their relationship for correlation purposes. Experimental results yield flame height proportional to energy release rate, to the 2/3 power, and wall heat flux distributions are roughly correlated in terms of distance divided by flame height.