CAMP PARKS MASS FIRES.

Abstract

The report summarizes experimental work on the dynamic characteristics of burning buildings, as studied with small plywood models and one full-scale barracks section. Parameters measured include total energy release rate, total thermal radiation, and carbon monoxide concentrations at scaled street levels, as well as carbon monoxide concentrations in a model basement. The ratios of total thermal radiation to total energy release rate at maximum burning time are: for a skirted model, 25 percent; for an unskirted model, 30 percent; and for the full-scale barracks section, 8 percent. The logistics for conducting large building burns is described. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0704144

Entities

People

  • Clay P. Butler

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Basements
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Logistics
  • Monoxides
  • Radiation
  • Thermal Radiation

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.