Determining the Temperature and Time of Wood Combustion from Char Layer Parameters: Methodological Guidelines for Fire Investigators
https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2017-12-4-37-47
Abstract
The paper offers a critical analysis of a methodology for determining combustion temperature and time in fire-exposed wood based on its char layer parameters. It demonstrates the possibility of using the charring rates for large cross section structural members (beams and columns) made of coniferous timber, as specified in SP 64.13330.2011, for the purposes of forensic fire investigation
About the Author
I. S. Taubkin
The Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Candidate of Engineering, Principal Researcher
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Taubkin I.S. Determining the Temperature and Time of Wood Combustion from Char Layer Parameters: Methodological Guidelines for Fire Investigators. Theory and Practice of Forensic Science. 2017;12(4):37-47. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2017-12-4-37-47
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