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Author
Fernandez-Pello, A. C.
Title
Fire Spread Over Vertical Fuel Surfaces Under the Influence of Externally Applied Thermal Radiation.
Coporate
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
Sponsor
National Fire Prevention and Control Admin., Washington, DC
Report
Home Fire Proj. Tech. Rpt. 19, January 1977, 86 p.
Contract
GRANT-75-004
Keywords
thermal radiation | fire spread | flame spread | velocity
Identifiers
surface temperature of fuel
Abstract
Upward flame spread velocity over vertical sheets of Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and downward flame spread velocity over vertical sheets of PMMA, Filter paper and White Pine wood were measured under the influence of externally applied radiant fluxes ranging from 0 to 2.0 w/cm(2). The flame spread rate was found to be dependent on the surface temperature of the fuel prior to flame arrival.