Scaling Applications in Fire Research.
Scaling Applications in Fire Research.
(797 K)
Quintiere, J. G.
International Symposium on Scale Modeling. July 18-22,
1988, Tokyo, Japan, 12 pp, 1989.
Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, 3-29, 1989.
Keywords:
fire research; scaling; model studies
Abstract:
The principles for scaling fire phenomena are examined
from the dimensionless groups derived from the governing
differential equations. A review of the literature
shows examples of where correlations have been
successfully developed for a wide range of fire
phenomena in terms of the significant dimensionless
groups.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899