- Author
- Muirhead, J. C.
- Title
- On the Use of Shock Waves in Fire Suppression.
- Coporate
- Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Alberta
- Report
- Suffield Memorandum No. 62/68, August 1968, 12 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- shock waves | fire suppression | extinction | smothering
- Abstract
- The principles employed in fire extinction include: [1] separation of the fuel from the oxygen supply, e.g., bu smothering the fire or by removing the oxygen; [2] separation of the unburnt fuel from the source of ignition, e.g., isolating the fire by removing the burning fuel, or by building firebreaks.