CIBSE Guide E | Ch. 6 | Eq. 6.58

Ventilation-controlled rate of burning

Ventilation-controlled rate of burning for cellulosic fires

Reference

CIBSE (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers), 2019. CIBSE Guide E: Fire Safety Engineering. 4th edn. London: CIBSE.

Equations

R = 0.02 [(A_{t} - A_{o}) \cdot (A_{o} \sqrt {h_{o}}) \cdot (w / d)]^{1/2}