- Author
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Babrauskas, V.
- Title
- Effect of Environmental Variables.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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Chapter 10,
- Book or Conf
- Heat Release in Fires,
Elsevier Applied Science, NY,
Babrauskas, V.; Grayson, S. J., Editors,
307-325 p.,
1992
- Keywords
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heat release rate
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fire protection engineering
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environmental effects
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oxygen concentration
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ignition
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flame spread
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mass loss
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combustion products
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temperature
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air
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pressure
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wind velocity
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humidity
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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.