- Author
- Hadjisophocleous, G. | Fu, Z. | Fu, S. | 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
- Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 3, 185-209, August 2007
- Keywords
- fire growth | compartments | office buildings | fire risk | costs | risk assessment | zone models | smoke | computer programs | flashover | heat release rate | flashover | heat release rate | combustion chemistry | plumes | entrainment | equations | fluid flow | doors | windows | vents | ventilation | heat transfer | experiments | fire models | thermal properties | atria | 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