Development of FDMS Tools to Generate Data for Fire Safety Engineering and Modeling. (Abstract/Presentation)
Development of FDMS Tools to Generate Data for Fire
Safety Engineering and Modeling.
(Abstract/Presentation)
(146 K)
Janssens, M. L.
NIST SP 998; May 2003.
Keywords:
fire growth; fire spread; safety engineering; fire
safety; ignition; flame spread; heat release rate
Abstract:
The main limitation of current compartment fire models
is that they generally are not capable of predicting
fire growth, but are only suitable to calculate the
consequences of a user-specified fire. An extensive
database of fire curves would alleviate this problem,
but the development of an exhaustive database of fire
curves is not feasible. A more practical approach
involves the use of correlations and sub-models, so that
fire curves can be constructed for a variety of
geometries and configurations on the basis of material
properties from
small-scale fire test data. Methods have been developed
to predict the heat release rate vs. time of objects
that are common in residences such as chairs and TV
sets; and large objects such as automobiles and
railcars. However, the most common geometry for which
predictive sub-models have been developed is the
room/corner test. Standard room/corner test protocols
have been developed domestically (e.g., NFPA 265 and
NFPA 286) as well as internationally (ISO 9705).
