Estimating room flashover potential

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Babrauskas, V., and Williamson, R. B., “Post-Flashover Compartment Fires: Basis of a Theoretical Model,”Fire and Materials, Vol. 2, (1978), pp. 39–53.

Huggett, C., “Oxygen Consumption Calorimetry,” report to be issued.

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Lee, B. T., “Quarter-Scale Modeling of Room Fire Tests of Interior Finish,” report to be issued.

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Quintiere, J. G., McCaffrey, B. J. and DenBraven, K., “Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Quasi-steady Small-scale Enclosure Fires,” NBSIR 78-1511. National Bureau of Standards, 1978.

Sensenig, D., “An Oxygen Depletion Technique for Determining the Contribution of Interior Wall Finishes to Room Fires,” report to be issued.

Modak, A. T., and Croce, P. A., “Plastic Pool Fires,” Serial 22361-3, Factory Mutual Research Corporation, Norwood, Mass., 1976.

Markstein, G. H., “Radiative Properties of Plastic Pool Fires,” RC78-BT-20, Factory Mutual Research Corporation, Norwood, Mass., 1978.

Babrauskas, V., “COMPF2 — A Program for Calculating Post-Flashover Fire Temperatures,” Technical Note 991, National Bureau of Standards, 1979.

Quintiere, J., “Growth of Fire in Building Compartments,” inFire Standards and Safett, ASTM STP 614, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1977.

Pape, R., et al., “Semistochastic Approach to Predicting the Development of a Fire in a Room from Ignition to Flashover,” NBS-GCR-77-111, prepared by the IIT Research Institute for the National Bureau of Standards, 1976.

Fitzgerald, R. W., “Development of Engineering Models and Design Aids to Predict Flame Movement and Fire Severity Within a Room,” NBS-GCR-78-119, prepared for the National Bureau of Standards, 1977.