• 한국화재소방학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국화재소방학회 1997년도 International Symposium on Fire Science and Technology
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• pp.154-161
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• 1997

Several studies have developed upward flame spread models which use somewhat different features. However, the models have not considered the transient effects of the igniter and the burning rate. Thus, the objective of this study is to examine a generalized upward flame spread model which includes these effects. We shall compare the results with results from simpler models used in the past in order to examine the importance of the simplifying assumptions. We compare these results using PMMA, and we also include experimental results for comparison. The results of the comparison indicate that flame velocity depends on the thermal properties of a material, the specific model for flame length and transient burning rate, as well as other variables including the heat flux by igniter and flame itself. The results from the generalized upward flame spread model can provide a prediction of flame velocity, flame and pyrolysis height, burnout time and position, and rate of energy output as a function of time.

• 국제초고층학회논문집
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.299-310
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• 2021

External fire spread has the potential to breach vertical compartmentation and violate the fire safety strategy of a building. The traditional design solution to this has been the use of non-combustible materials and spandrel panels but recent audits show that combustible materials are widespread and included in highly complex systems. Furthermore, most jurisdictions no longer require detailing of spandrel panels under many different circumstances. These buildings require rapid investigation using rational scientific methods to be able to adequately classify the fire risk. In this work, we use an extensive experimental campaign of material-scale data to explore the critical parameters driving upward flame spread. Two criteria are outlined using two different approaches. The first evaluates the time to ignition and the time to burnout to assess the ability for a fire to spread, and can be easily determined using traditional means. The second evaluates the preheated flame length as the critical parameter driving flame spread. A wide range of cladding materials are ranked according to these criteria to show their potential propensity to flame spread. From this, designers can use conservative approaches to perform fire risk assessments for buildings with combustible materials or can be used to aid decision-making. Precise estimates of flame spread rates within complex façade systems are not achievable with the current level of knowledge and will require a substantial amount of work to make progress.

• 한국화재소방학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국화재소방학회 1997년도 International Symposium on Fire Science and Technology
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• pp.138-145
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• 1997

Models of upward flame spread have been attempted in the past, but in the current work an emphasis has been placed on developing a practical model that will be useful across a broad range of materials. Some of the important aspects of the model we: the addition of external radiation to simulate a wall that is a part of an enclosure fire and has flaming walls radiating to it, the use of a correlation for flame heat feedback distribution to the sample surface based on data available in the literature, and the use of an experimentally measured mass loss rate for the sample material, In this paper, the development of the numerical model is presented along with predictions of flame spread for three materials: hardboard, a relatively homogeneous wood-based material; plywood, which is made of laminated wood bonded by adhesives; and a composite material made of fiberglass matrix embedded in epoxy. Predictions are compared with measured data at several levels of external radiation for each material. For the materials tested, the model correctly predicts trends and does a reasonable job predicting flame heights. The need for thermal property data for practical materials, which would be appropriate for flame spread models, is indicated by this work.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2008

산불의 확산특성은 일반적으로 가연물의 특성, 지형, 바람조건과 같은 기상 상태등과 관련이 있다. 산불의 발달과정에 있어 수치해석을 통한 확산예측 모델은 열전달 과정에 기본을 둔 열에너지 전달에 대한 해석이 가장 일반적인 방법론이다. 산불의 발생시 열에너지의 전파속도를 해석하는 것은 화염의 생성과 열전달, 그리고 소멸에 이르는 전 과정에 대한 물리적, 화학적 해석을 통해 화염의 이동에 따른 전파속도로 추정할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 고체연소물질의 표면화염전파에 대한 수치해석을 통해 1차원 지표화 확산모델식을 제시하였다. 1차원 확산모델식은 평지상태에서 풍속조건에 따른 화염의 전파속도 산정식으로써 지표연료의 화염유지시간, 화염의 높이, 화염의 온도, 지표연료의 착화온도 등에 대한 실험 및 이론식을 적용하였다. 실험값 및 다른 모델식과의 ROS 비교 결과, 풍속 3 m/s 이하의 조건에서는 지수함수식의 증가곡선을 나타내는 경향을 보였다. 침엽수종인 소나무 낙엽에 대한 수치해석값과 실험값을 비교한 결과, 풍속 1-2m/s 조건에서는 확산속도가 약 10% 상향예측이 되었고 풍속 3m/s 조건에서는 약 20% 하향예측 되었다. 따라서 앞으로 지표화 확산 예측을 위해 본 연구결과에서 얻어진 화염확산 알고리즘을 이용한 초기 산불확산 예측 적용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제60권2호
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• pp.229-236
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• 2022

동일 분체특성의 분진이 평균입경, 농도, 분진조건(부유 또는 퇴적) 변화에 따른 화재폭발 위험성을 조사하였다. 이를 위해 20L분진폭발시험장치, 열중량분석장치, 연소속도시험장치(UN시험법)를 사용하였다. 4종 분진(Sugar, Mg, Al, Zr)의 입경이 서로 다른 8개 분진 시료에 대하여 부유 분진의 폭발특성과 화염전파속도(FPV), 그리고 퇴적분진의 화염확산속도(FSV)를 조사하였다. 부유 분진 조건에서 Mg 및 Al 분진은 입경이 감소하면 폭발 위험성이 증가하였지만, Sugar는 입경 변화에 따른 폭발 위험성의 영향이 거의 나타나지 않았다. 부유 분진의 화염전파속도(FPV)는 마이크로 범위에서의 입경 변화보다 마이크로에서 나노로 입경이 감소하면 크게 증가하였다. 퇴적층의 화염확산속도(FSV)는 수평면(기울기 0°)보다 경사면(기울기 30°)에서 증가하는 경향을 나타냈으며, 경사면(기울기 30°) 퇴적층 조건에서는 상방 전파가 하방 전파보다 높게 나타났다.

• 한국화재소방학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국화재소방학회 1997년도 International Symposium on Fire Science and Technology
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• pp.361-368
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• 1997

Summary of experiments for the investigation of a fire which caused an upward fire spread for over 12 floors through balconies in a high-rise apartment complex is reported. The experiments include indoor tests to obtain fire properties of vertical PMMA fences and outdoor ones with a full scale model of the balcony. The test results suggest significance of the increase of total flame height by the merging of flames and a cooperative effect of the burning of the PMMA fence and combustibles on the balconies for the generation of a tall flame enough to cause ignition on the upper floors.