FireDOC Search

Author
Hasemi, Y. | Yasui, N.
Title
Strategy to Develop Engineering Upward Flame-Spread Evaluation Methodology Based on the Linearized Flame Height Approximation.
Coporate
Building Research Inst., Tokyo, Japan Sekisui House Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Journal
Fire Science and Technology, Vol. 15, No. 1/2, 17-28, 1995
Keywords
flame height | flame spread | evaluation | heat release | equations | formulations | burnout | fire safety | safety evaluation
Identifiers
SQW equation; formulation of upward flame spread based on a linearized flame height approximation with consideration of the movement of burnout front; upward flame spread characteristics for material heat release rate represented by an exponential decay function; upward flame spread characteristics for local heat release rate represented by a rectangular function-significance of the burnout front terms; effectiveness and limitation of fire safety evaluation