BFRL ICON Modeling Fire Growth and Smoke Transport in the United States.

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Jones, W. W.; Baum, H. R.

U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 12th Joint Panel Meeting. October 27-November 2, 1992, Tsukuba, Japan, Building Research Inst., Ibaraki, Japan Fire Research Inst., Tokyo, Japan, 4-7 pp, 1992.

Keywords:

fire safety; fire research; fire growth; smoke transport; zone models; fire models; field models

Abstract:

In the United States, modeling of fire phenomena is done with both zone and field models. The applications are significantly different but there is overlap in the understanding and in most respects they are complementary.


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