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New inspection criteria for flashover in compartmental fires
Author(s) -
Chow W.K.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1018(199901/02)23:1<13::aid-fam664>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - arc flash , engineering , forensic engineering , environmental science , electrical engineering , voltage
Whether flashover occurs in a compartmental fire can be confirmed by observing the phase space diagrams of fire temperature as commonly adopted in chaos studies. Two inspection criteria are proposed for determining flashover. Two full‐scale burning tests, one with and the other without flashover, are used to illustrate the inspection approach. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.