- Author
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Mitler, H. E.
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Steckler, K. D.
- Title
- Comparison of Wall-Fire Behavior With and Without a Ceiling.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NISTIR 5380
November 1993
32 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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wall fires
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ceiling fires
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ceiling jets
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burning rate
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fire research
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radiation feedback
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spread rates
- Abstract
- This paper demonstrates that the effects of the ceiling on the progress of a wall fire are quite significant, and that a project to quantify and model the effects of a ceiling on the progress of a wall fire is indeed justified. Experimental results from the open literature are used for this purpose, as well as previously-unpublished experimental results obtained at NIST. The wall-fire model SPREAD and the room-fire model FIRST are used seriatim to show that part of this effect can be calculated now.