- Author
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Beall, K. A.
- Title
- Annual Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts. October 28-31, 1996.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NISTIR 5904
October 1996
163 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts. October 28-31, 1996,
Gaithersburg, MD,
Beall, K. A., Editors,
1996
- Keywords
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fire research
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fire science
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fire suppression
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water sprays
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soot
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pool fires
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jet fires
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halon alternatives
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fire plumes
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fire detection
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toxic gases
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flammability
- Abstract
- The NIST Annual Conference on Fire Research has long been the prime forum for presentation and discussion of the latest advances in the science of fire and the engineering of fire safety. Hundreds of billions of dollars of products and services are involved in fire safety decisions each year. New technology is changing the way those products are developed, manufactured, evaluated, and used. This conference enables all interested parties to hear of and discuss advances in fire science, with the intent of stimulating (a) new products that are more fire-safe and (b) new ways to capture that value in the ways products are for use. The conference scope includes all fire research performed within Federal laboratories or sponsored by Federal agencies, as well as work from laboratories around the world. This booklet contains the abstracts of the 76 papers focussing on the phenomenology of fire: fire extinguishment, chemistry and physics of material and product combustion, flame spread, flame structure, soot, pool fires, fire-induced flows, fire plumes, combustion product generation and measurement, and fire detection. Discussion session will consider the status of our knowledge and the most important understanding yet to be developed. With this, we hope to continue cross-pollinating the elements of the fire research community while stimulating our members to new understanding that will lead to more fire-safe products and practices.