Combustion of mattresses exposed to flaming ignition sources part II. Bench-scale tests and recommended standard test

Babrauskas, Vytenis

doi:10.6028/nbs.ir.80-2186

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“…The formulae used in these computations are listed and are consistent with Eqns. (15) and (17) and the configurations in Figure A-1. A-1 TEST METHOD HESELOEN [34] WAHS [3S] PARKER [38] BABRAUSKAS [37.38,39] ( n Cy EVANS [40] . extensive review Is presented demonstrating the nature of comparison between full-scale fire smoke data and test method results for materials.…”

Section: Comparisons Betoeen Test Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although the results of Babrauskas [37][38][39] are shown in Figure 6, these were derived from his data not computed by him. He advocates [39] the use of ax» but instead he presented a correlation which attempts to incorporate a fire growth effect for the mattress fire scenario studied [38].…”

Section: Comparisons With Full-scale Room Fire Growth Datamentioning

confidence: 98%

“…In some cases these comparisons were explicitly reported in the literature, in other cases they were derived from reported data. The first set of data compared are in terms of homogeneous parameters: Dg or ay* The sources [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] of these data, their fullscale test configurations, the test method used for the material, and a tabulation of the results are given in the Appendix. Six sets of comparisons are plotted in Figure 6.…”

Section: Comparisons With Full-scale Room Fire Growth Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Six sets of comparisons are plotted in Figure 6. The range of configurations includes random arrays [34], wall linings [35, 41], mattresses (horizontal and vertical) [36][37][38][39], and small tables [40].…”

Section: Comparisons With Full-scale Room Fire Growth Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…He advocates [39] the use of ax» but instead he presented a correlation which attempts to incorporate a fire growth effect for the mattress fire scenario studied [38].…”

Section: Comparisons With Full-scale Room Fire Growth Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Quintiere¹

1982

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Section: Comparisons Betoeen Test Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Comparisons With Full-scale Room Fire Growth Datamentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Comparisons With Full-scale Room Fire Growth Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Comparisons With Full-scale Room Fire Growth Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…He advocates [39] the use of ax» but instead he presented a correlation which attempts to incorporate a fire growth effect for the mattress fire scenario studied [38].…”

Section: Comparisons With Full-scale Room Fire Growth Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Quintiere¹

1982

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Modeling of NBS mattress tests with the harvard mark V fire simulation

Rockett

1982

Fire and Materials

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NBS burned eleven mattresses made up with bedding in two different rooms, typical of a residental bedroom and a nursing home patient room, respectively. Seven of the mattresses flamed and burned vigorously, the other four were of a construction or so heavily flame-inhibited that they only smoldered. The burning behavior of the seven that flamed was modeled with the Harvard Mark V fire simulation. The experimental burn behavior for tests conducted in one room was well reproduced using only total weight of combustible, surface area and heat of combustion. Smoke production values were found to have little effect on the predicted behavior except for the smoke production itself. Fires in a second room, whose ventilation was intentionally restricted by the configuration of the adjoining space, could not be as well reproduced by the present, single-room fire model. During this study several changes were made to the simulation. The most significant change was the inclusion of mixing of the hot exiting fire gases with the cold incoming air. As a part of this, the inter-layer radiation exchange was reformulated to include the effect of smoke contamination of the lower layer. The reformulation of the radiation model had a marked effect on the predicted upper layer gas temperatures, generally improving the quality of the simulation.

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A mathematical model for estimating available safe egress time in fires

Cooper¹

1982

Fire and Materials

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A mathematical model for estimating the time available for safe egress from a fire is formulated. The model simulates the conditions which develop during the course of an enclosure fire. Since life safety considerations are primary, the simulation model which is adopted focuses attention only on phenomena which develop between the times of h e ignition and onset of hazardous conditions. This allows significant simplifications in modeling which may not be otherwise justified. Using computed variables of a simulated fire scenario of interest, times of fire detection and onset of hazard which are deduced from realistic detection and hazard criteria would be estimated. The Available Safe Egress Time (ASET) would be defined as the length of the time interval which separates these two events. Quantitative specifications for a variety of detection and hazard criteria are idensed. Results of exercising the model are presented, and ASET estimates are obtained for a wide variety of realistic fire scenarios. A comparison between experimental results of a multi-room fire test and prediction of the single-room model suggest that the model has potentid utility in providing practical simulations of multi-room fire environments.

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Combustion of mattresses exposed to flaming ignition sources part II. Bench-scale tests and recommended standard test

Cited by 16 publications

References 6 publications

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

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

Modeling of NBS mattress tests with the harvard mark V fire simulation

A mathematical model for estimating available safe egress time in fires

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