- Author
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Baum, H. R.
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Steckler, K. D.
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Quintiere, J. G.
- Title
- Fire Induced Flow Coefficients for Room Openings.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute/Eastern States Section. Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion. Fall Technical Meeting, 1983. November 8-10, 1983.,
Providence, RI,
52/1-3 p.,
1983
- Keywords
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air flow
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room fires
- Abstract
- A theoretical and experimental study of steady-state fire induced flows through doorways and windows was performed. Measurements included two dimensional temperature and pressure difference profiles within the opening and vertical temperature profiles within the rooms connected by the openings. An orifice flow model based on hydrostatic pressure differences was used to establish ideal orifice flows from different combinations of experimental room temperature profiles. The ideal and measured flows were combined to form room opening flow coefficients.