Fire Modeling: Where Are We? Where Are We Going?
Fire Modeling: Where Are We? Where Are We Going?
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McGrattan, K. B.
Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th)
International Symposium. International Association for
Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005,
Beijing, China, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science,
Boston, MA, Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y.,
Editor(s)(s), 53-68 pp, 2005.
Keywords:
fire research; fire safety; fire science; fire models;
computational fluid dynamics; fire protection
engineering; combustion; turbulence; equations; kinetics
Abstract:
Current trends in computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
modeling of fire are discussed, in particular the
widening communication gap between model developers,
model users, and the larger fire protection engineering
community in regard to combustion and turbulence. The
paper suggests steps that can be taken by all of these
groups to improve the current situation and move forward
to develop better fire models.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899