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200 _aFire dynamics and forensic analysis of liquid fuel fires
_bRecurso eletrónico
_fChristopher L. Mealy, Matthew E. Benfer, Daniel T. Gottuk
210 _a[Baltimore, MD]
_ced. do a.
_d2011
215 _a1 CD-ROM
_d12 cm
300 _aResearch report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice by Hughes Associates, Inc. Award nr. 2008-DN-BX-K168. Ficheiro de 10,5 MB em formato PDF (237 p.). Disponível também em: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/238704.pdf. Acedido a 19 de junho de 2012.
330 _aLiquid fuel spill/pool fires represent the initiating fire hazard in many applications ranging from accidents at industrial plants using combustible liquids to residential arson fires involving flammable fuels. Given the relevancy of such fires and broad range of potential scenarios, it is important to understand how liquid fuel fires develop and how to accurately calculate the fire size based on knowledge of the fuel type, quantity and the surface it is poured on. In addition, it is important to quantitatively correlate fire size to spill area and burn patterns. This understanding will afford the fire protection and investigation communities the ability to properly assess the potential hazards and forensically evaluate damage from fuel spill fire events. The purpose of this study is to expand the fundamental understanding of liquid fuel fire dynamics, establish the utility of forensic tools, and validate empirically-based correlations used to model spill fire scenarios. A multitude of small-, intermediate-, and large-scale noncombustible liquid spill and fuel spill fire tests were conducted using a total of six different liquid fuels and eight different substrates. The results of these tests provide insight into the differences in fire dynamics between pool and spill fires (i.e., thick and thin fuel depths), provide a methodology by which liquid fuel fire events can be assessed, and identify forensic indicators that can be used in the analysis of liquid fuel fire events.
606 _aINCÊNDIO
_9243828
606 _aPRODUTO INFLAMÁVEL
_9343931
606 _aCIÊNCIA FORENSE
_9321508
700 _aMEALY
_bChristopher L.
_9356797
701 _aBENFER
_bMatthew E.
_9356798
701 _aGOTTUK
_bDaniel T.
_9356799
955 _xOferta