- Author
- Stephenson, D. G.
- Title
- St. Lawrence Burns. Radiant Temperature of Openings.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
- DBR Internal Report No. 156, December 1959, 21 p.
- Keywords
- building fires | combustible materials | large scale fire tests | radiation | radiant heating | residential buildings | temperature | windows | noise (sound) | temperature measurements | ventilation | radiometers | vapor phases
- Identifiers
- occupant survival; smoke and sound measurements; radiant temperature of openings
- Abstract
- Since a burning building can ignite neighboring structures if the radiation reaching the exposed surfaces is sufficiently intense, building codes usually specify a minimum separation between buildings. It is possible to calculate the separation which is required to prevent fire spread by radiation if the following data are available: 1. The intensity of the radiation emitted by a burning building; 2. The radiant energy flux which will ignite the exposed wooden parts of an adjacent building.