- Author
- Babrauskas, V.
- Title
- Effect of Environmental Variables.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- Chapter 10,
- Book or Conf
- Heat Release in Fires, Elsevier Applied Science, NY, Babrauskas, V.; Grayson, S. J., Editors, 307-325 p., 1992
- Keywords
- heat release rate | fire protection engineering | environmental effects | oxygen concentration | ignition | flame spread | mass loss | combustion products | temperature | air | pressure | wind velocity | humidity | gravity
- Abstract
- We are primarily discussing fires that occur in buildings and under 'normal' conditions. But, clearly, some fires of great concern may not be in buildings; these include fires in submarines, spacecraft, and the like. The prevailing conditions will then, most likely, also be different for such fires. The variables which may be altered include: oxygen concentration in the combustion air; the temperature of the incoming combustion air; the presence of additional gases not occurring in normal air; total pressure; wind blowing across the burning object; relative humidity; and, the acceleration of gravity.