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Author
Morishita, Y.
Title
Statistical Analysis of Fire Spread Process In Houses.
Coporate
Building Research Inst., Tokyo, Japan
Sponsor
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Report
NBS SP 540,
Distribution
Available from Government Printing Office
Book or Conf
National Bureau of Standards. Fire Research and Safety. 3rd Joint Panel Proceedings Conference of the U.S. Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources (UJNR). March 13-17, 1978, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD, Sherald, M. A., Editors, 356-381 p., 1979
Keywords
fire spread
Abstract
Fire spread process is dominated by vrious factors such as live load, interior finish materials, condition of openings, fire extinguishment, etc. There are already many studies on the effect of these individual factors by experimental methods, but statistical studies how the factors functionate at actual fire scenes where the factors are joined together are very few. I think, this is because besides the fire spread phenomenon is very complex and munifold, on-the-spot surveys of fire incidents are attended with many difficulties.