An assessment of correlations between laboratory and full-scale experiments for the FAA Aircraft Fire Safety Program, Part 2 :

Room Fires and Combustible Linings

“…This part of the heat release does not influence the gastemperature within the compartment. The availability of oxygen in the upper layer can be approximated by using a simple flame formula [27], calculating the enuainment of air into the comer flame where Xf is the effective enaainment flame height, a is the entrainment coefficient and Tfl is the flame temperature. Thus, the maximum rate of heat release inside the compartment was found to be approximately 600 kw for the full scale room and 40 kw for the 113 scale room.…”

Heat release and mass loss rate measurements for selected materials

“…A variety of fire parameters have been considered important in predicting the fire performance of materials in full scale fires. Quintiere [1] has assessed the importance of a number of these parameters and developed relationships for use in predicting flame spread. In addition, flame spread measurements have been conducted for a selected group of materials (2).…”