- Author
- Gross, D. | Davis, W. D.
- Title
- Burning Characteristics of Combat Ship Compartments and Vertical Fire Spread.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC
- Report
- NISTIR 88-3897, December 1988, 29 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- N0017388WR80284
- Keywords
- ships | computer models | autoignition | fire spread
- Identifiers
- aluminum deck; missile propellant; steel deck
- Abstract
- This is a report to sponsor summarizing work accomplished under Naval Research Laboratory Contract N0017388WR80284 "Burning Characteristics of Combat Ship Compartments and Vertical Fire Spread." The computer program FIRST was employed to estimate levels of temperature, energy and heat transfer in burning compartments having features typical of Naval vessels with emphasis on vertical fire spread due to heat transfer through metal decks.