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Front Matter i-xiv
Current Fire Research Problems 1-16
Fire Research at the U S Forest Products Laboratory 17-23
A Mathematical Analysis of Self-ignition 24-24
Thermal Radiation and Fire Effects of Nuclear Detonations 25-26
Ignition of Cellulosic Kindling Fuels by Very Brief Radiant Pulses 27-27
Some Aspects of the Self-heating and Ignition of Solid Cellulosic Materials 28-28
Combustion of Magnesium Particles Ii Ignition Tempeartures and Thermal Conductivities of Ambrent Atmospheres 29-29
The Initiation and Growth of Explosion in the Condensed Phase 30-30
Electric Discharges During Simulated Aircraft Fuelling 31-31
Ignition of Ethylene Oxide Vapor 32-32
Heat Transfer From Flames Impinging on Flat and Cylindrical Surfaces 33-33
Kinetics and Mechanisms of the Pyrolysis of N-butane Part i the Uninhibited Decomposition 34-34
Kinetics of Coal Combustion the Influence of Oxygen Concentration on the Burining-out Times of Single Particles 35-35
The Carbon Monoxide Flame Spectrum Under High Resolution 36-36
Feasibility of Active Countermeasures for Thermal Radiation Effects of Nuclear Weapons 37-38
Inhibition of Opposed-jet Methane-air Diffusion Flames the Effects of Alkali Metal Vapours and Organic Halides 39-40
Flame Inhibition Research-applied Physics Laboratory the Johns Hopkins University 41-41
Flash Point Explosion Limits and Explosion Prevention 42-43
Fire Extinguishing Experiments With Aqueous Salt Solution Sprays 44-44
The Effect of Metal Salts on Premixed Hydrocarbon Air Flames 45-45
An Evaluation of Certain Aspects of Multipurpose Powder Fire Extingushing Agents 46-46
The Extinction of Experimental Fires With Foam Plugs 47-47
The Use of Models for the Investigation of Fire Spread 48-48
Analysis of Convection Column Above a Fire Storm 49-49
Open Fires and Transport of Firebrands 50-51
Logging Slash Flammability After Five Years 52-52
Forest Fires in France-ministere Delinterieur Service National De La Protection Civile Paris France 53-54
The Starting Plume in Neutral Surroundings 55-55
The Motion of Buoyant Elements in Turbulent Surroundings 56-56
Some Measurements of Diffusion Parameters From Smoke Plumes 57-57
The Prediction of Atmospheric Diffusion by Using an Eddy Diffusibility Based on the Vertical Transfer of Heat 58-58
Transition To Turbulence in the Free Convection Boundary Layers on an Inclined Heated Plate 59-59
On the Direction and Divergence of the Small-scale Turbulent Heat Flux 60-60
Project Skyfire Progress Report 1958-1960 61-61
Mountain Thunderstorms and Forest Fires 62-62
Charge Transfer in the Lighting Stroke as Determined by the Magnetrograph 63-64
Fire Behavior of the Basin Fire-sierra National Forest July 13-22 1961 65-65
Proceeding of the Fire Weather Conference-commonwealth of Australia 66-66
Prediction of Fire Spread Following Nuclear Explosions 67-68
The Fire Behavior Team Approach in Fire Control 69-69
Fires Involving Liquefied Petroleum Gas 70-70
The Fire Control Simulator 71-71
Turbulence Measurements With Hot Wire Anemometers 72-72
Detection of Hydrogen-air Fires and Explosions in Aerospace Vehicles via Oh Band and Water Band Emission 73-73
Detection Techniques for Hazardous Vapors of Elemental Propellants 74-74
The Fuel Temperature Counter 75-75
Wind Measurement With Hydrogen-filled Balloons 76-76
Flow-visualization by Means of a Time-reaction 77-78
Chemicals for Forest Fire Fighting-national Fire Protection Association 79-79
A New Machine for Forest Fire Control the Model Ii Michigan Sand Caster 80-80
A Vacuum Pneumatic Process for Filling Large Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishers 81-81
Conference Discussion on Dust Explosions-pennsylvania State University 82-82
Annual Reports 1962 U S Forest Service Forest Experiment Stations 83-85
Ignition of Organic Materials by Radiation 86-99
Radiative Transfer From Nuclear Detonations Above 50-km Altitude 100-126
On the Pilot Ignition of Wood by Radiation 127-127
Spontaneous Combustion of Hay 128-128
Damage To Cellulose Solids by Thermal Radiation 129-129
Heat Transfer Between Water Sprays and Flames of Freely Burning Fires 130-131
Effective Transmission of Thermal Radiation From Nuclear Detonations in Real Atmosphere 132-133
Radiation Between Moisture Content of Fine Fuels and Relative Humidity 134-134
Surface Flame Propagation on Cellulosic Materials Exposed To Thermal Radiation 135-135
The Propagation of Flame Over a Coating of Lydopodium Spore Dust on the Interior Surfaces of 7 Cm and 145 Cm Diameter Horizontal Perspex Tubes 136-136
A Theoretical Study of the Effects of Chemical Kinetics on a One Dimensional Diffusion Flame 137-137
The Acetylene Decomposition Flame and the Deduction of Reaction Mechanism From Global Flame Kinetics 138-139
Destruction of Acetylene in Flames With Oxygen 140-140
Some Radiations Characteristics of a Gas-fired Panel 141-141
Effects of Various Inhibitors on Hydrogen-air Flame Speeds 142-142
The Quenching of Flames of Various Fuels in Narrow Apertures 143-143
The Influence of Alcohol Concentration on the Effectiveness of Protein Foams in Extinguishing Fires in Gasoline Alcohol Mixtures 144-144
A Program To Advance the Technology of Fire Extingushment 145-145
A Program To Advance the Technology of Fire Extingushment Hydrogen-oxygen 146-147
New Chemical Extingushing Agents for Rocket Propellant and Metallic Fires 148-148
The Size of Flames From Natural Fires 149-156
Area Fire Considered as a Perimeter-line Fire 157-157
Air Flows Into Uncontrolled Fires 158-158
An Experimental Study of the Instability of the Laminar Ekman Boundary Layer 159-159
A Study of the Combined Effect of Thermal Radiative Transfer and Rotation on the Gravitational Stability of the Hot Fluid 160-160
The Carbonated-water Tornado Vortex 161-161
Turbulent Mixing at the Top of Stratocumulus Clouds 162-162
A Study of Mass Fires and Conflagrations 163-164
Forest Fire Problems-a Progress Report 165-165
Fire Behavior Studies in Australia 166-166
An Absolute Radiometer for the Range 0.1-2.5 Cal Cm-2 Sec-1 0.4-10 W Cm-2 167-167
Unusual Thermocouples and Accessories-instruments and Contral Systems 168-168
Analysis of Toxic Gaseous Combustion Products 169-169
An Electronic Fire Weather Station 170-171
Roofs and Fire 172-172
Tests on Roof Constructions Subjected To External Fire 173-173
Fire Fighting in Underground Roadways Experiments With Foam Plugs 174-174
Practical Aspects of the Foam-plug Method of Fighting Large Mine Airway Fires 175-175
Materials and Equipment for the Form-plug Method of Mine Firefighting 176-176
The Formation and Movement of Foam Plugs for Mine Firefighting 177-177
Fire Protection for High-piled Combustible Stock in Warehouses 178-178
Temperature Rating and Sprinkler Performance 179-179
An Investigation of the Hazards of Combustion Products in Building Fires 180-180
Operational Tests of Two Viscous Dap Fire Retardints 181-181
Roadside Hazard Reduction With Retardant Chemicals 182-182
Safety in Mines Research 1962 183-184
Fire Losses and Fire Research 185-185
Effects on Fuels and Trees of a Large International Burn in Ponderosa Pine 186-186
Litter Fuels in Red Pine Plantations 187-187
Crown Weights in Red Pine Plantation 188-188
A Method for Predictiong the Temperature-time History of an Object Engulfed by an Aircraft-fuel Fire 189-191
On Electric Leakage Fires 192-194
Research Into Fire Protection 195-217
Forest Fire Research in the Forest Service 218-232
The Ignition of Combustible Mixtures by Laminar Jets of Hot Gases 233-233
Reaction Kinetics in Hot-gas Ignition of Ethane-air 234-234
Electric Charging of Poorly Conducting Liquids in Turbulent Flow 235-236
Surface Flammability Measurements by the Radiant-panel Method 237-238
Surface Flammability of Wood Coatings 239-239
Basic Research on the Pyrolysis and Combustion of Wood 240-240
Thermal Conductivity of Refractory Materials 241-241
Natural Convection With Discontinuous Wall-temperature Variations 242-242
Convection in the Presence of Restraints 243-243
Heat Transport by Turbulent Convection 244-245
Some Observations on the Water Evaporation Reduction Due To Monolayers of N-fatty Alcohols N-alkoxy Ethanols and Their Mixtures 246-246
The Stability of a Diffusion Flame Burning in Products of Combustion 247-247
The Concentration Limits for Coal Dust-air Mixtures for Upward Propagation of Flame in a Vertical Tube 248-249
Predicting the Burning Time of the Coke Residue of Pulverised Fuel 250-250
The Onset of Detonation in a Droplet Combustion Field 251-251
Flame Characteristics and Emission 252-252
Spectroscopic Studies of the Effect of Inhibitors on Counterflow Diffusion Flames 253-253
The Influence of Bromine Compounds on Combustion Proceses 254-255
Flame Inhibition by Methyl Bromide 256-257
Chemical Flame Quenching Theory 258-258
A New Vapor-securing Agent for Flammable-liquid Fire Extinguishment 259-259
Flammability of Rigid Urethane Foam 260-260
Quantitative Studies of the Removal of Litter and Duff by Fire Under Controlled Conditions 261-261
Control Burning in Eucalypt Forests 262-262
High Energy Atomizer for Fire Extinguishment 263-263
The Flow Into an Expanding Spherical Vortex 264-265
The Influence of a Fire-induced Convection Column on Radiological Fallout Patterns 266-266
The Uses of Evaporation Data and Theory in Forest Management 267-267
Measurement of the Temperature of the Thermally Irradiated Surface of Alpha Cellulose 268-269
Temperature Measurement of Textile Fabrics Under Intense Thermal Irradiation 270-270
Sharp-focusing Schlieren Systems for Studies of Flat Flames 271-271
A Method of Measuring Smoke Density-national Fire Protection Association 272-272
Detection of Hydrogen Aboard Aerospace Flight Vehicles 273-273
A Survey of Human Factors Engineering Problems in Firefighting Equipment 274-275
Control of Fires in Large Spaces With Inert Gas and Foam Produced by a Turbo-jet Engine Part 1 Introduction and Properties of Inert Gas and Foam 276-276
Inert Gas Generator for Control of Fires in Large Buildings 277-277

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Fire research abstracts and reviews. Volume 6. No. 1 (1964)

Chapter: A Study of Mass Fires and Conflagrations

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Fire research abstracts and reviews. Volume 6. No. 1 (1964)

Chapter: A Study of Mass Fires and Conflagrations