- 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
- radiation | flame spread rate | pyrolysis rate | burning rate | fire spread | steady state | 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.