Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation of Fire Phenomena.
Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation of Fire
Phenomena.
(398 K)
Baum, H. R.; McGrattan, K. B.; Rehm, R. G.
International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire
Safety Science. Proceedings. 4th International
Symposium. July 13-17, 1994, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA,
Kashiwagi, T., Editor(s), 185-193 pp, 1994.
Keywords:
fire research; fire safety; fire science; mathematical
models; computer simulation; enclosures; smoke
transport; high temperature gases
Abstract:
A method of studying the large scale transport of smoke
and hot gases induced by fires in enclosures is
described. The approach is based on solving the
governing equations directly (if approximately) by
decomposing the fire-driven flow field into large scale
convective and small scale combustion components. In
this work, results involving large scale convective
transport generated by flow fields associated with
typical fire scenarios are presented. The large scale
flow is studied using finite difference techniques to
solve large eddy simulations of the Navier-Stokes
equations at high Reynolds numbers. No empirical
turbulence models are employed. The basic theory behind
the methodology is outlined and sample results of both
large and small scale phenomena are presented and
compared with related experiments.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899