… characterize heat transfer from wall flames so that upward flame spread might be predicted.
… aspects of related flame spread phenomena. For example, downward or lateral spread in air …

… flame spread rates (average of three tests) of the wall fires with different widths. A clear width
effect … , a hypothesis of sidewall effect on upward flame spread is provided. Sidewall effects …

… Upward flame spread on vertical surfaces is a critical aspect … high speed and potential
consequences of fire growth to … of spread, the power-law correlation for steady wall flames is …

… really appropriate to define flame height in upward flame spread. … flame heights and wall
heat flux measurements in steady wall flames while the numerical tool will model upward flame …

… implications concerning designs for fire safety and may help to increase understanding of
flame spread … , this relationship reverses, and the “wall fire” exhibits a larger standoff distance. …

… Several test parameters were varied to determine the effect on the rate of upward flame
spread. In addition to testing different sample materials; external radiation, igniter strength, length …

… The first was relative to the early stages of a wall fire ( Q ′ < 20 kW / m ) and was obtained
from the steady burning of poly-methyl-methacrylate (PMMA) slabs with a height in the range …

… Ahmad and Faeth later presents a unified theory for the burning rate along a wall for both
laminar and turbulent wall flames that compares well with their extensive experimental data [21]…

… fire spread on wall surfaces in a room, and thence the rate of heat release (RHR), using the
fire properties of the wall … will have negligible effect on the wall flame. The program handles …

… implications concerning designs for high-rise building fire safety problems and can help to get
better understandings of upward flame spread … stage of upward flame spread as a wall fire. …