Defining flashover for fire hazard calculations

As the use of performance-based methods for evaluating the fire behavior of materials and systems becomes more widespread, objective criteria to judge fire behavior become more important. This paper reviews techniques for predicting the most common of these criteria, the onset of flashover. The expe...

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Published inFire safety journal Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 331 - 345
Main Authors Peacock, Richard D., Reneke, Paul A., Bukowski, Richard W., Babrauskas, Vytenis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.06.1999
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Applied sciences
Building technical equipments
Buildings
Buildings. Public works
Computation methods. Tables. Charts
Exact sciences and technology
Fire protection
Fire safety. Legislation
Structural analysis. Stresses
Compartment fire test
Experimental data
Coating material
Buildings
Flash over
Ignition
Definition
Heat flow
Risk analysis
Forecast model
Layer thickness
Properties of materials
Numerical simulation
Method study
Fire safety
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Summary:As the use of performance-based methods for evaluating the fire behavior of materials and systems becomes more widespread, objective criteria to judge fire behavior become more important. This paper reviews techniques for predicting the most common of these criteria, the onset of flashover. The experimental basis for working definitions of flashover is reviewed. Comparisons of available calculational procedures ranging from simple correlations to computer-based fire models that can be used to estimate flashover are presented. Although the techniques range in complexity and results, the various predictions give estimates commensurate with the precision of available experimental data.
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ISSN:0379-7112
DOI:10.1016/S0379-7112(98)00048-4