An analysis of effective thermal properties of thermally thick materials

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 395-410

  Mowrer, Frederick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ignition; Thermal inertia; Thermally thick materials

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALORIMETERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLAMMABILITY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; IGNITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CONE CALORIMETERS; RADIANT EXPOSURE TESTS; THERMAL INERTIA; THERMALLY THICK MATERIALS;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 21744462644     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. D. Drysdale An introduction to fire dynamics 2nd ed. 1999 Wiley Chichester
2. F. Kreith Principles of heat transfer 3rd ed. 1973 Harper & Row New York
3. ASTM E1321 Standard test method for determining material ignition and flame spread properties 2000 ASTM International West Conshohocken, PA
4. ASTM E1354 Standard test method for heat and visible smoke release rates for materials and products using an oxygen consumption calorimeter 2000 ASTM International West Conshohocken, PA
5. ASTM E2058 Standard test methods for measurement of synthetic polymer material flammability using a fire propagation apparatus (FPA) 2002 ASTM International West Conshohocken, PA
6. Steinhaus T. Masters thesis, Department of Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 1999.
7. J.L. Cordova, D.C. Walther, J.L. Torero, and A.C. Fernandez-Pello Oxidizer flow effects on the flammability of solid combustibles Combust Sci Technol 164 1-6 2001 253 278
8. Long Jr RT, Torero JL, Quintiere JG, Fernandez-Pello AC. Scale and transport considerations on piloted ignition of PMMA. Fire safety science - proceedings of the sixth international symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science; 2000.
9. M.J. Hurley, and J.R. Quiter Simple fire hazard calculations. Fire protection handbook 19th ed. 2003 National Fire Protection Association Quincy, MA [Section 3/Chapter 10]
10. A. Tewarson Generation of heat and chemical compounds in fires. SFPE handbook of fire protection engineering 3rd ed. 2002 National Fire Protection Association Quincy, MA [Chapter 4/Section 3]
11. McGrattan KB, Baum HR, Rehm RG, Hamins A, Forney GP, Floyd JE, Hostikka S, Prasad K. Fire dynamics simulator (Version 3)-Technical reference guide, NISTIR 6783. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, November 2002.
12. J.G. Quintiere Surface flame spread. SFPE handbook of fire protection engineering 3rd ed. 2002 National Fire Protection Association Quincy, MA [Chapter 12/Section 2]
13. Torero JL, Mowrer FW. A new approach to interpreting LIFT ignition test data. Proceedings of the 31st international conference on fire safety. Columbus, OH: Product Safety Corporation; July 2000.