Citation

Babrauskas V. Fire Technol. 1980; 16(2): 94-103.

Affiliation

Center for Fire Research National Bureau of Standards

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF02351801

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Flashover is the ultimate event in a room fire signaling the final untenability for room occupants and greatly increased hazard to other building spaces. Despite this importance, hazard evaluations of furnishings and other common fuel loads have normally not been based on estimates of flashover potential. This paper considers a simple combustion model and examines available experimental data.