- Author
- Quintiere, J. G. | McCaffrey, B. J. | Kashiwagi, T. | DenBraven, K. D. | Harkleroad, M. F. | Raines, J. | Rinkinen, W. J.
- Title
- Impact of a Room Fire on a Corridor with Considerations of Fuel Load, Ventilation, and Scaling. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBSIR 77-1318, November 1977, 60 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- corridors | fuel load | heat transfer | room fires | scaling | ventilation
- Abstract
- A study was conducted of heat transfer and temperature field imparted to a corridor by a room fire in order to assess the potential of fire spread along the corridor. Wood cribs were used as the fuel load which ranged from 20 to 120 kg. Also the effects of ventilation and fuel load location were examined. The results showed these effects to be significant. A corresponding scale model study was conducte d using gas burners as a fuel supply. A scaling criteria was developed which emphasized the solid wall conductive and gas phase convective transport processes. As a result limitations were encountered at high temperature when radiation became more significant. In general the convective processes appeared to scale well and radiation limitations could be assessed through analysis.