Post‐flashover compartment fires: Basis of a theoretical model

1 April 1978

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Fire and Materials

Vol. 2 (2) , 39-53
https://doi.org/10.1002/fam.810020202

Abstract

A theoretical model of compartment fires in the post‐flashover stage is presented. The model incorporates the stirred reactor assumption and window flow approximation of Kawagoe, but treats fuel burning rates and burning regimes in a theoretical manner. The resulting formulation preserves the important features of the fire behavior but is simple enough to permit use for building fire safety design purposes.

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