- Author
- Thomas, P. H. | Bullen, M. L. | Quintiere, J. G. | McCaffrey, B. J.
- Title
- Flashover and Instabilities in Fire Behavior.
- Coporate
- Fire Research Station, Borehamwood, England National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Combustion and Flame, Vol. 38, No. 2, 159-171, June 1980
- Report
- CIB W14/79/42 (USA),
- Keywords
- flashover | fire behavior | fire growth | compartment fires | enclosures
- Identifiers
- growth of fires
- Abstract
- One kind of flashover in compartment can result from a thermal instability caused by the energy generation rate increasing faster with temperature than the rate of aggregated energy losses. This paper describes qualitatively how various factors affect this instability, and demonstrates a quasi-steady approach that can be used to explain the growth of fires in enclosures.