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PUBLICATIONS

Fire-Induced Mass Flow Into a Reduced-Scale Enclosure (NISTIR 5499)

Published

Author(s)

Erik L. Johnsson, Nelson P. Bryner, William M. Pitts

Abstract

Enclosure fires are of great interest because of the resulting loss of life and property, yet the fluid dynamic and chemical behaviors of fires within enclosures are still not well understood. In recent decades, it has become clear that burning rates, fire growth and spread, production of toxic gases, and depletion of oxygen in room fires are very dependent on air supply and entrainment rates.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 5499
Report Number
5499
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5499

Keywords

fire research, mass flow, enclosures, fluid dynamics
Buildings and Construction and Fire

Citation

Johnsson, E. , Bryner, N. and Pitts, W. (1994), Fire-Induced Mass Flow Into a Reduced-Scale Enclosure (NISTIR 5499), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5499 (Accessed April 25, 2024)

Created September 1, 1994, Updated November 10, 2018