- Author
- Ito, A. | Kashiwagi, T.
- Title
- Characterization of Flame Spread Over PMMA Using Holographic Interferometry Sample Orientation Effects.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Combustion and Flame, Vol. 71, 189-204, 1988
- Report
- NBSIR 88-3753,
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900. Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute/Eastern States Section. Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion. Fall Technical Meeting, 1986. 7/1-7/4 pgs. San Juan, PR. December 15-17, 1986 AND U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 9th Joint Panel Meeting of the UJNR. 1-12 pgs. Norwood, MA. May 4-8, 1987, 1988
- Keywords
- flame spread | characterization | polymethyl methacrylate | holographic interferometry | building fires | floors | walls | interior furnishings | fire growth | temperature distributions | heat flux
- Abstract
- In the initial growth of a building fire, flame spread rate over the surface of solid materials such as floor, wall and interior furnishings is a key parameter required for determining the rate of fire growth.