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SUPPLEMENTARY COMPARISON CCT Supplementary comparison S2 on thermal conductivity measurements of insulating materials by guarded hot plate

January 1, 2020
Author(s)
Bruno Hay, Robert R. Zarr, Clark Stacey, Nikolay Sokolov, Leonel Lira Cortes, Ulf Hammerschmidt, Jintao Zhang, Jean Remy Filtz, Fleurence N.
Seven National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) from France, United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Mexico, China and Germany participated in an inter-laboratory comparison on thermal conductivity measurements by the Guarded Hot Plate method. This action was

Influence of Board Spacing on Mitigating Wood Decking Assembly Ignition

November 17, 2019
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki
As part of recent building code change discussions, it has been suggested that by increasing the spacing of boards, it may be possible to mitigate ignition of wood decking assemblies from wind-driven firebrand showers. An experimental series was undertaken

Design of the ASTM E119 fire environment in a large compartment

November 1, 2019
Author(s)
Chao Zhang, William L. Grosshandler, Ana Sauca, Lisa Y. Choe
This paper presents a basis for designing the ASTM E119 fire environment in a large compartment of about 10 m wide, 7 m deep and 3.8 m high constructed in the National Fire Research Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Using

Development of a Standard Fire Condition for a Large Compartment Floor Assembly

October 22, 2019
Author(s)
Ana Sauca, Chao Zhang, William L. Grosshandler, Matthew Bundy, Lisa Choe
This report presents the experimental investigation of a test fire in a large compartment of about 10 m wide, 7 m deep and 3.8 m high constructed in the National Fire Research Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The test fire

Role of Firebrand Combustion in Large Outdoor Fire Spread

October 4, 2019
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki, Michael Gollner, A C. Fernandez-Pello
Large outdoor fires are an increasing danger to the built environment. Wildfires that spread into com- munities, labeled as Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires, are an example of large outdoor fires. Other examples of large outdoor fires are urban fires

Thin Filament Pyrometry Field Measurements in a Medium-Scale Pool Fire.

September 13, 2019
Author(s)
Zhigang Wang, Andy Tam, Jian Chen, Ki Y. Lee, Anthony Hamins
This paper presents the development of a thin filament pyrometry method to characterize the time- varying temperature field in a medium-scale pool fire in a quiescent environment. A digital camera with optical filters and zoom lens was used to record the

Large Outdoor Fires and the Built Environment (LOF&BE): Summary of Workshop at Interflam 2019

August 29, 2019
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Sara McAllister, Sayaka Suzuki, Raphaele Blanchi, Elsa Pastor, Ronchi Enrico
A workshop of the permanent working group, sponsored by the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS), entitled Large Outdoor Fires and the Built Environment(LOF&BE) was held from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Sunday June 30, 2019. The workshop was

Energy Balance in Medium-Scale Methanol, Ethanol, and Acetone Pool Fires

July 1, 2019
Author(s)
Sung C. Kim, Ki Y. Lee, Anthony Hamins
Several series of measurements were made to characterize medium-scale pool fires steadily burning in a well-ventilated, quiescent, open environment. Time-averaged local measurements of radiative and total heat flux were made in steadily burning methyl