Measurements of heat release rates on wood products and an assembly |
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3/4 inch thick air to natural Btu's per minute Btu/ft2/min Calorimeter centerline char layer completely burned cooling water curves in figure Douglas-fir lumber Douglas-fir studs exposure burner exposure conditions feet per minute fire test FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED PLYWOOD flaming combustion Forest Products Laboratory furnace flue temperature furnace operation furnace walls Gypsum wallboard wall HEAT RELEASE BTU/FT2 HEAT RELEASE BTU/FT2.MIN heat release rate hot furnace interior inch thick replicates insulation largely by glowing measure rate medium-density hardboard natural gas noncombustible specimen peak Plywood marine propane propane-base fuel pyrolysis products rate of heat relatively unpyrolyzed release of assemblies REPLICATE 2 20 REPLICATE I REPLICATE sample thickness second run secondary air sensible heat specimen materials specimen opening specimen surface specimen water jacket square foot standard cubic feet substitution burner substitution method temperature rise test material test method test specimen thermocouples total heat release treated plywood wall assembly Warming the furnace wood and wood wood products