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Steady heat release rate by the moment–area method
Author(s) -
Lyon Richard E.,
Crowley Sean,
Walters Richard N.
Publication year - 2007
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.957
Subject(s) - moment (physics) , flammability , calorimeter (particle physics) , combustion , range (aeronautics) , environmental science , sample (material) , cone calorimeter , mechanics , materials science , thermodynamics , chemistry , composite material , physics , detector , classical mechanics , optics , char , organic chemistry
A simple mathematical procedure is described for computing temporal averages of heat release rate (HRR) data from the moments and area of the history. The moment–area method was used to calculate average HRRs for over 200 specimens having a wide range of chemical composition and sample thickness tested on a bench‐scale fire calorimeter at various external heat fluxes. The average values of HRR obtained by the moment–area method are essentially independent of sample thickness and are potentially useful for ranking material flammability and determining material combustion properties. Published in 2007 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.