Dimensionless quantities in fire growth : the weighting of heat release rate

Philip Thomas, Björn Karlsson

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Abstract

The role of various material fire properties in the model of fire growth developed by Magnusson and Karlsson [l] is examined in the context of the dimensionless variables containing them. It is shown that their successful representation of their calculations by power law (one for fires which do not flashover and one for those which do) permits one to devise weighting factors for the rate of heat release as a function of time for the particular scenario examined.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherDepartment of Fire Safety Engineering and Systems Safety, Lund University
Number of pages10
Volume3057
Publication statusPublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameLUTVDG/TVBB--3057--SE
Volume3057
ISSN (Print)0284-933X

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Other Civil Engineering
  • Building Technologies

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