Data for Room Fire Model Comparisons.
Data for Room Fire Model Comparisons.
(4960 K)
Peacock, R. D.; Davis, S.; Babrauskas, V.
Journal of Research of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Vol. 96, No. 4, 411-462,
August 1991.
Keywords:
accuracy assessment; data analysis; experiments; fire
models; fire tests; instruments
Abstract:
With the development of models to predict fire growth
and spread in buildings, there has been a concomitant
evolution in the measurement and analysis of
experimental data in real-scale fires. This report
presents the types of analyses that can be used to
examine large-scale room fire test data to prepare the
data for comparison with zone-based fire models. Five
sets of experimental data which can be used to test the
limits of a typical two-zone fire model are detailed. A
standard set of nomenclature describing the geometry of
the building and the quantities measured in each
experiment is presented. Availability of ancillary data
(such as smaller-scale test results) is included. These
descriptions, along with the data (available in
computer-readable form) should allow comparisons between
the experiment and model predictions. The base of
experimental data ranges in complexity from one room
tests with individual furniture items to a series of
tests conducted in a multiple story hotel equipped with
a zoned smoke control system.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899