- Author
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Gross, D.
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Ward, D.
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Shoub, H.
- Title
- Fires in Model Rooms. Results of Preliminary Experiments Under an International Cooperative Program.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBS 6888,
July 11, 1960,
22 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM: National Archives, Civilian Records, Room 2800, 8601 Adelphia Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, Telephone: 301-713-7230
- Contract
- NBS-PROJECT-1002-11-10427
- Keywords
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model fires
- Abstract
- The results of a preliminary series of model fire experiments performed under an international cooperative program are reported. Three parameters associated with the burning of a lattice-type fuel bed in a model room enclosure were varied, namely, the quantity of fuel, the dispersion or packing arrangement of the fuel and the area of the window opening. It was found that the area of the window opening had the largest effect, particularly with respect to the rate of weight loss of the fuel bed and the radiation from the window. The peak temperatures measured at two points within the enclosure ranged from 890 deg. C to 1025 deg. C and were found to be relatively unaffected by the range of parameters investigated. An evaluation of several types of thermal radiation detectors is included.