- Author
- Peacock, R. D. | Bukowski, R. W. | Babrauskas, V.
- Title
- Defining Flashover for Fire Hazard Calculations.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD Fire Science and Technology, Inc., Issaquah, WA
- Report
- DOT/FAA/CT-95-46; AAR-423
- 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
- Federal Aviation Administration. Fire Calorimetry. July 27-28, 1995, Gaithersburg, MD, Hirschler, M. M.; Lyons, R. E., Editors, 82-91 p., 1995
- Keywords
- calorimetry | flashover | fire hazard | large scale fire tests | fire growth | temperature | heat flux | mathematical models
- Abstract
- The occurrence of flashover within a room is of considerable interest to the fire protection specialist since it is perhaps the ultimate signal of untenable conditions wihtin the room of fire origin as well as a sign of greatly increased risk to other rooms within the building. A number of experimental studies of full scale fires have been performed that provide an adequate, but imprecise definition of flashover in terms of measurable physical properties. Computer simulations of the growth of a fire within a room are available.