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The use of Computer fire models in corner burn tests

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The reduction of corner burn test data to a smaller number of useful parameters is attempted using an experimentally based calculated flow field and the concept of product yields. This is applied to a range of plastic and natural products, all of which had been tested in our corner burn test facility. Comparison of the experimental results are also made with predictions generated by the OSU Room Fire Model using data taken on the OSU rate of heat release calorimeter as input data.

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  1. B.F. Goodrich Research and Development Center, USA

    E. D. Dickens Jr.

  2. B.F. Goodrich Chemical Group, USA

    G. F. Smith

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  1. E. D. Dickens Jr.
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Reference: E. D. Dickens, Jr., and G. F. Smith, “The Use of Computer Fire Models in Corner Burn Tests,”Fire Technology, Vol. 21, No. 2, May 1985, p. 85.

Note: Prepared for the Center for Fire Research 1984 Conference, National Bureau of Standards, October 17–19, 1984.

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Dickens, E.D., Smith, G.F. The use of Computer fire models in corner burn tests. Fire Technol 21, 85–104 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01040152

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