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started on the oor of the passenger’s side at the rear. Newspapers and olive oil were ignited.
is re also lasted approximately 31 min. Figure 12.14 shows the Ford aer the burn.
e vertical grid in the graphs represents approximately 200°. e horizontal grid repre-
sents 1 min intervals. Figure 12.15 shows the Mercury as it was being burned in the test.
Fire Dynamics Modeling
e last decade has seen signicant inroads into the prediction of the development of res
through the simulation of the dynamics of a re. e National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) though its Building and Fire Research ...