- Author
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Kulkarni, A. K.
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Kim, C. I.
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Kuo, C. H.
- Title
- Turbulent Upward Flame Spread for Burning Vertical Walls Made of Finite Thickness. Annual Report. August 15, 1989-August 14, 1990.
- Coporate
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NIST GCR 91-597
September 1991
88 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-60NANB8D0849
- Keywords
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flame spread
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masonite (trademark)
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mathematical models
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polymethyl methacrylate
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polyurethane foams
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pyrolysis
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textiles
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wall fires
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wood
- Abstract
- Progress made during the second year of the NIST grant number 60NANB8D0849 for the period August 15, 1989 through August 14, 1990 is reported here. This report marks the end of the first phase of the grant, for which the overall objective was to understand the basic mechanisms of upward flame spread and to develop a complete procedure to predict the flame spread on practical wall materials of finite thickness, appropriately verified by experiments. These objectives have been met. Specifically in the past year, several wall materials were tested in the upward flame spread apparatus, mathematical model development for predicting the upward flame spread was completed, and comparisons of data and predictions were made, in addition to completion of many other supporting tasks.