- Author
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Crandlemere, R. W.
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Miller, M. J.
- Title
- Experimental Determination of Fuel Values and Burning Behavior of Window Hangings. Final Technical Report.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Sponsor
- Naval Applied Science Lab., Brooklyn, NY
- Report
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FMRC Serial 18867; RC69-T-22
September 1969
82 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- N62319-68-C-0008
- Keywords
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windows
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combustion
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fuels
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ignition source
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heat flux
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measuring instruments
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temperature measurements
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exposure
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fire spread
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calorimetry
- Identifiers
- burning times and fuel values for window hangings; selected curves obtained during testing
- Abstract
- Previous efforts funded by the Office of Civil Defense through the Navy have concentrated on the mechanisms and probabilities of fire spread in urban areas after detonation of a nuclear device. In the survey of Providence, RI, by FMRC, it was suggested that attention be given to the modes of burning of window hangings and a tentative model was proposed. A mathematical model being developed by NASL to predict fire start in urban areas requires order of magnitude quantiattive values for the burning behavior of these window hangings and it was for this prupose that this project was undertaken. The objective of the project was to obtain values for (1) the total heat output of the fuel arrays and (2) the maximum thermal exposure to adjacent elements that these burning arrays might afford.