- Author
-
Manzello, S. L.
|
Hayashi, Y.
|
Yoneki, T.
|
Yamamoto, Y.
- Title
- Firebrand Attack on Ceramic Tile Roofing Assemblies.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Building Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan
Tokyo Fire Dept., Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-8119 Japan
- Book or Conf
- Fire and Materials 2009. 11th International Conference. Conference Papers. Proceedings. Organised by Interscience Communications Limited. January 26-28, 2009,
Interscience Communications Limited, London, England,
San Francisco, CA,
267-276 p.,
2009
- Keywords
-
fire brands
|
roofs
|
ceramics
|
ignition
|
roofing (finishes)
|
standards
|
wildland/urban interface
|
wind tunnels
|
experiments
|
tar paper
|
air flow
|
ASTM E108
- Identifiers
- ceramic tile roofing assembles (Spanish tile roofing); Fire Research Wind Tunnel Facility (FRWTF) at BRI; Firebrand Generator; penetration of firebrands into building vents; firebrands measured from burning trees to those produced using Firebrand Generator; range of parameters considered for ceramic tile roofing assemblies
- Abstract
- The present study is concerned with investigating the ignition of ceramic tile roofing assembles (Spanish tile roofing) to a controlled firebrand attack using the Firebrand Generator. Current standards exist to test ignition of roofing decks to firebrands by placing a burning wood crib on top of a section of a roof assembly under an air flow. The dynamic process of multiple firebrands landing under ceramic tiles/gaps as a function of time is not taken into account. The results of a parametric study on the ignition propensity of ceramic tile roofing assemblies under a firebrand attack using the Firebrand Generator installed inside the Fire Research Wind Tunnel Facility (FRWTF) at BRI is presented and discussed.