Dataset for: Thermal characterization of firebrand piles

<p>This dataset presents raw experimental data from the work, <strong>&ldquo;Thermal characterization of firebrand piles&rdquo; </strong>by Raquel Hakes, Hamed Salehizadeh, Matthew Weston-Dawkes, and Michael J Gollner in the <em>Fire Safety Journal</em>. Small-scale experiments designed to capture heating from firebrand piles and to describe the process of ignition were conducted using laboratory-fabricated cylindrical wooden firebrands. Two heat flux measurement methods were compared, and the influences of firebrand diameter, pile mass, and wind on heating from firebrand piles were explored.</p> <p>Here you will find data separated by whether or not external wind is applied. &quot;Ambient data&quot; contains data for tests taken under ambient conditions, with no forced flow. &quot;Wind data&quot; contains data for tests taken under a 1.84 m/s forced flow. For both wind speeds (0 m/s and 1.84 m/s), data was taken with an array of 16 thin-skin calorimeters and a single water-cooled heat flux gauge. Additionally, you will find a schematic top-view of the thin-skin calorimeter array indicating the number assigned to individual thin-skins.</p>