Citation

Quintiere JG. Fire Safety J. 1981; 3(4): 201-214.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

An attempt is made to develop a framework for modeling wall fire spread in a room. The zone methodology for treating developing room fires is used, and its characteristic layer equations are discussed. A review is made of studies on the rate of burning and spread on vertical surfaces. Both of these phenomena are shown to depend on the incident radiative heat flux and the local oxygen concentration. Functional expressions are suggested, and a strategy is presented for incorporating these component analyses into a wall flame spread model. The goal of this model would be to assess the risk of rapid fire growth (flashover) relative to wall property data found through fundamental principles and through emperical fire test methods.