Wall Flames and Implications for Upward Flame Spread

Quintiere, James G.; Harkleroad, Margaret; Hasemi, Yuji

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Wall Flames and Implications for Upward Flame Spread

1985-06-01
By Quintiere, James G. ; Harkleroad, Margaret ; Hasemi, Yuji

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English

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Creators:

Quintiere, James G. ; Harkleroad, Margaret ; Hasemi, Yuji
Corporate Creators:

United States. Department of Commerce. National Bureau of Standards
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Technical Center
Subject/TRT Terms:

Flame Propagation Flames Heat Flux Walls
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT/FAA/CT-85/2
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final Report
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
Abstract:

New Concepts are addressed for predicting he flame spread on materials from laboratory measurements. It focuses on heat transfer which precipitates and preces upward flame spread on a vertical surface. Six materials have been featured in this study as well as in past related studies. Their flame spread properties are presented. In this particular study heat transfer and flame height results are presented for wall samples burned at varying levels of external irradiance. Also, complementary results are presented for methane line burner wall fires. an approximate theoretical analysis is included to serve as a guide to identifying the important variables and their relationship for correlation purposes. Experimental results yield flame height proportional to energy release rate to the 2/3 power and wall heat flux distributions are roughly correlated in terms of distance divided by flame height. These correlations appear to at least hold for the scale of these experiments: flame heights of 0.3 to 1.4m.
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PDF
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FAA Fire Safety
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