Auto-extinction of engineered timber: Application to compartment fires with exposed timber surfaces

Publication date: Available online 21 April 2017
Source:Fire Safety Journal
Author(s): Alastair I. Bartlett, Rory M. Hadden, Juan P. Hidalgo, Simón Santamaria, Felix Wiesner, Luke A. Bisby, Susan Deeny, Barbara Lane
A series of compartment fire tests with multiple exposed timber surfaces have been undertaken to explore the effect of exposed timber on the fire dynamics and the potential for auto-extinction. A test with exposed wall and ceiling achieved auto-extinction after approximately 21min. Firepoint theory is applied using temperature data at the charline, is shown to predict a mass loss rate dropping below the critical value at 20–21min, and thus is successful in predicting auto-extinction. Additional uncertainties caused by delamination are explored, and recommendations for the use of auto-extinction in design are given.



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