THE BURNING OF FIRES IN ROOMS PART I - SMALL SCALE TESTS WITH CRIBS AND HIGH VENTILATION
Webster, C.T., Wraight, H.G. and Thomas, P.H., 1959. THE BURNING OF FIRES IN ROOMS PART I - SMALL SCALE TESTS WITH CRIBS AND HIGH VENTILATION. Fire Research Notes398
This report describes experiments to study the burning of fires in a simple
well-ventilated enclosure. These, the first in a programme covering various
aspects of this subject, were made in a one foot cube with ventilation through
one side. The combustible material was wood in the form of a crib and the rate
of burning was obtained by continuous weighing. Measurements were made of the
flame height, the radiation from the opening and the flames. The effect of
different crib designs and weights of wood on these was studied. Only for 1 inch
wood, the largest section used, was the effect of crib design negligible in these
particular experimental conditions. The results will be discussed in detail
when further data from tests in earlier models are available.
