- Author
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Hadjisophocleous, G.
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Fu, Z.
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Fu, S.
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Dutcher, C.
- Title
- Prediction of Fire Growth for Compartments of Office Buildings as Part of a Fire Risk/Cost Assessment Model.
- Coporate
- Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada
Public Works and Government Services Canada Ottawa, ON, Canada Charles Dutcher
- Journal
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Journal of Fire Protection Engineering,
Vol. 17,
No. 3,
185-209,
August 2007
- Keywords
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fire growth
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compartments
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office buildings
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fire risk
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costs
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risk assessment
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zone models
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smoke
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computer programs
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flashover
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heat release rate
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flashover
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heat release rate
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combustion chemistry
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plumes
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entrainment
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equations
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fluid flow
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doors
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windows
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vents
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ventilation
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heat transfer
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experiments
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fire models
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thermal properties
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atria
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temperature
- Identifiers
- fire growth in a commercial compartment of an office building; FIre Risk Evaluation and Cost Assessment Model (FIRECAM); two-zone modeling of pre-flashover fire; plume entrainment; door/window vent flow; ceiling vent flow; mechanical ventilation; convection for lower wall or floor; convection for ceiling and upper wall; single-zone modeling of post-flashover fire; input fuel properties of the two-zone model; input thermal properties of the compartment boundaries; dimensions of the compartment, door, and burner; differential equation solver LSODA; Steffenson acceleration approach; post-flashover stage