- Author
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Byram, G. M.
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Clements, H. B.
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Elliott, E. R.
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Geroge, P. M.
- Title
- Experimental Study of Model Fires. Technical Report No. 3.
- Coporate
- Office of Civil Defense, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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Technical Report No. 3; Purchase Order S-302190-62-1
June 29, 1964
37 p.
- Keywords
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model fires
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free burning fires
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fire spread
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burning rate
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crib burning
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wind effect
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columns
- Abstract
- In order to establish a quantitative model of the propagation of free burning fires, it will be necessary [1] to identify the various physical processes which make up the mechanisms of fire spread and [2] to obtain an understanding of the processes and their interacting effects. A "mechanism" of fire spread will be defined as one or more processes whose combined effect determines one way in which a fire can spread. For some types of fires more than one mechanism, or group of processes, may be operating simultaneously.