Fire Laboratory Tests. Phase 2. Interaction of Fire and Simulated Blast Debris

Abstract

A reusable full-scale fire test facility, designed, constructed and instrumented by IIT Research Institute for the Office of Civil Defense, has been operated to gather information on the flow of heat and fire gases into unsealed basement shelters. Activities included fire experiments with varied amounts and types of combustible and noncombustible loading over and beyond the shelter space. Also there were experiments in which water was added to the top of the shelter ceiling slab to moderate the peak heating period. Debris removal from the slab and from venting points has been examined. An analytical model of the heat flow through the shelter slab has been constructed to aid in the projection and evaluation of countermeasure effectiveness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0743210

Entities

People

  • Arthur N. Takata
  • Thomas E. Waterman

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Basements
  • Bricks
  • Civil Defense
  • Combustion
  • Construction
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Thermodynamics
  • Urban Areas
  • Water
  • Water Vapor

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster