- Author
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Hasemi, Y.
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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
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Fire Science and Technology,
Vol. 15,
No. 1/2,
17-28,
1995
- Keywords
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flame height
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flame spread
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evaluation
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heat release
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equations
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formulations
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burnout
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fire safety
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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