b) Experimental Data on Wood Materials

Abstract

Wood is a highly diverse material. Its variability comes from numerous effects of species, the source of material, variability within each tree, and effects of processing as well as conditions of end use. Because of these sources of variability, fire properties are also affected. In the previous Section, a heat release rate model was presented which takes into account some physical and chemical properties of wood. The present Section will provide some typical ranges of experimental data and some guidelines to estimate heat release rate of wood and some wood-based products.