Design Fire Experiments for Commercial Premises
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Abstract
Two series of experiments were conducted to determine the burning characteristics of different fuel packages, in both pre- and post-flashover fires, to develop data to characterize design fires for commercial premises. These fuel packages represented fuel loads determined from the survey of commercial buildings. Results suggest substantial differences in the burning characteristics of different stores. In this article, the description of the recommended design fires includes: (1) types of combustibles, (2) fire load density (MJ/m 2 ), (3) fire growth rate, and (4) yields of CO and CO 2 .
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OpenAlex topics: Fire dynamics and safety research · Combustion and Detonation Processes · Fire Detection and Safety Systems
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
Active Fire Protection, Institute for Research in Construction (IRC), National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Bldg. M-59 Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada
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