%0 Journal Article
%T Scaling the initial convective flow of power law fires
%J Fire safety journal
%D 2007
%A Heskestad, Gunnar
%V 42
%N 3
%P 240-242
%X Scaling relations for the initial convective environment generated by power-law fires in geometrically similar spaces are derived, comprising functional relations for nondimensional temperature rise and gas velocity as functions of nondimensional time and location coordinates for arbitrary power-law behavior. Many fires initially can be modeled as t-squared fires, where heat release rate increases with the second power of time. Keywords: Fire scaling; Power law fires; t-squared fires; Fire detection<p />
%G 
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0379-7112
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2006.12.004