Gas burner experiments conducted in modern residential style structures

• NCJ Number: 304288
• Author(s): M. McKinnon; C. Weinschenk; D. Madrzykowski; K. Stakes
• Date Published: December 2021
• Grant Number(s): 2015-DN-BX-K052
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Award: Study of the Impact of Ventilation on Fire Patterns and electrical system Damage in Single Family Homes Incorporating Modern Construction Practices

Annotation

The current study conducted controlled gas-burner tests in purpose-built single- and two-story structures instrumented throughout with thermocouples, pressure transducers, and bi-directional probes.

 

Abstract

The study was conducted because the fire-modeling community currently lacks full-scale data from tests conducted in realistic residential-style structures. The experiments conducted consisted of sequences of ventilation events. The data collected in these tests was intended to provide several new validation cases for the fire modeling community. (publisher abstract modified)