@article{ref1,
title="Thermal breakage of double-pane glazing by fire",
journal="Journal of fire protection engineering",
year="1998",
author="Cuzzillo, Bernard R. and Pagni, Patrick J.",
volume="9",
number="1",
pages="1-11",
abstract="A model for double-pane window breakage due to heating by fire is developed that applies to both compartment fires and to urban/wildland intermix fires. This work builds on the model and computer code, BREAK1, for single-pane window breaking by fires, as described in previous publications, with additional features including the inter-pane gap heat transfer and sequential pane-breaking. A Mathcad-based computer code, McBreak, is developed that implements the double-pane model. Radiation is shown to dominate the inter-pane gap transport unless low-emissivity interior glass surfaces are used. Fires on the outdoor side of double-paned windows are included, since windows represent one of the most vulnerable features of dwellings in the urban/wildland intermix and double-paned windows help fire-harden a structure. Examples are presented for double-pane window breakage in compartment fires and wildland fires. Confirmed is the empirical observation that double-pane equipped structures might survive urban/wildland intermix fires better than their single-pane equipped neighbors.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1042-3915",
doi="10.1177/104239159800900101",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104239159800900101"
}