Blast/Fire Interaction Scaling
Report Number: CONF-8305107, p. 183-188
Author(s): Kanury, A. Murty
Corporate Author(s): Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Laboratory: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1983-07
Pages: 6
DoD Task:
Identifier: This paper is part of a conference proceedings. See ADA132780
Abstract:
Hypotheses are formulated of the process of interaction between an airblast and fires supported by liquid fuels and wood cribs. A map of blast weakness versus fire strength is conceived on which the regime of fire extinction by the blast can be delineated from the regime where the fire will sustain the blast. The fire strength is described for liquid fuels primarily by the heat of combustion; and for wood, it is mainly described by the preborn time. The concept is substantiated by the SRI shocktube data.
Author(s): Kanury, A. Murty
Corporate Author(s): Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Laboratory: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1983-07
Pages: 6
DoD Task:
Identifier: This paper is part of a conference proceedings. See ADA132780
Abstract:
Hypotheses are formulated of the process of interaction between an airblast and fires supported by liquid fuels and wood cribs. A map of blast weakness versus fire strength is conceived on which the regime of fire extinction by the blast can be delineated from the regime where the fire will sustain the blast. The fire strength is described for liquid fuels primarily by the heat of combustion; and for wood, it is mainly described by the preborn time. The concept is substantiated by the SRI shocktube data.