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Author
Block, J. A.
Title
Theoretical and Experimental Study of Nonpropagating Free-Burning Fires.
Coporate
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
Sponsor
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
Report
Home Fire Proj. Tech. Rpt. 6,
Contract
GRANT-GK-10314
Book or Conf
Combustion Institute, Symposium (International) on Combustion, 13th. August 23-29, 1970, Salt Lake City, UT, 971-978 p., 1970
Keywords
free burning fires | fire spread | cribs | wood | combustion | burning rate | heat transfer | mass transfer
Abstract
Theoretical and experimental studies are reported on stationary free-burning fires of cross piles (cribs) of wood. Based on the various experimental results which are presented, simplified models of the burning behavior for each of two fairly distinct regimes are developed.