- Author
- Gross, D. | Fang, J. B.
- Title
- Definition of a Low Intensity Fire.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBS SP 361,
- Book or Conf
- Joint RILEM-ASTM-CIB Symposium. Performance Concept in Buildings. Volume 1. NBS SP 361. May 2-5, 1972, Philadelphia, PA, 677-686 p., 1972
- Keywords
- upholstered furniture | weight loss | calorimetry | combustibility | flame spread | heat release | thermal radiation
- Identifiers
- trash cans; fire intensity; wastebaskets
- Abstract
- A reproducible fire of low intensity may be used for the realistic performance evaluation of interior finish materials and of structural building elements. The burning behavior of furniture and the contents of wastebaskets are defined in terms of the rates of heat release, heat transfer to the surrounding walls, and heat losses by radiation and convection. Experimental measurements of temperature and radiation levels within a room are summarized for a variety of combustible contents and mass loadings. Selecfted low intensity fires have been examined for repeatability and for potential use in evaluating fire safe requirements for interior finish materials in terms of the spread of flame, generation of smoke and overall fire growth pattern.