- Author
-
Shih, T. M.
- Title
- Fire Characteristics Under the Influence of External Radiation.
- Coporate
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
-
Home Fire Proj. Tech. Rpt. 33,
August 1978,
47 p.
- Contract
- GRANT-NBSG7-9011
- Keywords
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radiation
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flame spread rate
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pyrolysis rate
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burning rate
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fire spread
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steady state
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equipment
- Abstract
- The inherent complexity of unwanted home fires remains incompletely understood despite extensive numerical analyses and experimental studies. Experiments of smaller scale fires are needed for better understanding of these full-scale fires.