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Post‐flashover compartment fires: Basis of a theoretical model
Author(s) -
Babrauskas Vytenis,
Williamson Robert Brady
Publication year - 1978
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/fam.810020202
Subject(s) - arc flash , compartment (ship) , mechanics , flow (mathematics) , engineering , poison control , simple (philosophy) , extinguishment , environmental science , forensic engineering , geology , physics , medicine , philosophy , oceanography , environmental health , epistemology , voltage , electrical engineering , political science , law
A theoretical model of compartment fires in the post‐flashover stage is presented. The model incorporates the stirred reactor assumption and window flow approximation of Kawagoe, but treats fuel burning rates and burning regimes in a theoretical manner. The resulting formulation preserves the important features of the fire behavior but is simple enough to permit use for building fire safety design purposes.