Smoke Explosions

dc.contributor.author	Sutherland, B J	en
dc.date.accessioned	2013-09-19T23:30:45Z
dc.date.available	2013-09-19T23:30:45Z
dc.date.issued	1999	en
dc.description.abstract	Eleven experiments were conducted at the University of Canterbury using a 1.0 metre by 1.0 metre by 1.5 metre compartment and wooden crib fires. The main objective of these experiments was to produce smoke explosions, and to develop a mechanism that explains their occurrence. Spontaneous smoke explosions were produced in four experiments. The largest of these explosions produced pressures in excess of 2.5 kPa. All the smoke explosions produced were the result of smouldering fires, all of which started out as under-ventilated fires. Of the six smoke explosions produced, investigation of the results indicates that a single process was responsible for the occurrence of each explosion. A mechanism was developed for the smoke explosions. Oxygen concentration is suspected as the trigger that determines when the explosion occurs.	en
dc.identifier.issn	1173-5996
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8328
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/2537
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	University of Canterbury. Civil Engineering	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Fire Engineering Research Report 99/15	en
dc.relation.isreferencedby	NZCU	en
dc.rights	Copyright B J Sutherland	en
dc.rights.uri	https://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/theses	en
dc.title	Smoke Explosions	en
dc.type	Reports
uc.bibnumber	707614	en
uc.college	Faculty of Engineering	en

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