- Author
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Rodak, S. P.
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Ingberg, S. H.
- Title
- Full-Scale Residential Occupancy Fire Tests of 1939.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS 9527
May 15, 1967
32 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM: National Archives, Civilian Records, Room 2800, 8601 Adelphia Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, Telephone: 301-713-7230
- Contract
- NBS-PROJECT-421-2229
- Keywords
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large scale fire tests; residential buildings; fire load; furniture; combustibles; paper
- Identifiers
- books; foodstuff
- Abstract
- Results are given for five full-scale fire tests in a simulated three-room residential occupancy building having gross fire loads within the range of 5.2 to 12 lb per sq ft. A similar furniture arrangement was used throughout the five fire tests, the load bring varied by the introduction of other combustibles such as paper, books, and foodstuffs. Air temperature measurements are reduced to form an "equivalent fire-duration" value in terms of the ASTM standard fire exposure curve.