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A Study on Fire Characteristics of Solid Combustible Materials Based on Real Scale Fire Test  

Kim, Sung-Chan (경일대학교 소방방재학부)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.25, no.5, 2011 , pp. 62-68 More about this Journal
Abstract
A series of fire tests involving realistic solid combustible materials was conducted to quantify the heat release rate and investigate the fire growth characteristics during the initial fire growth stage. For these tests, single/double wood cribs, urethane cushion having polypropylene covers and wood crib on nylon carpet with urethane carpet padding were used as a fuel source. The fire growth coefficient of the solid combustible materials was quantified and the fire growth characteristics were compared with the $t^2$ fire scenario. The mean effective heat of combustion was evaluated by the total mass loss of fuel and total energy release concept and examined the effect of the ventilation and fire condition. The present study provides the practical information on the fire growth characteristics of solid combustible material to design to a set of fire scenarios for the fire risk analysis.
Keywords
Fire growth; Combustible material; Heat release rate; Fire test; Heat of combustion;
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