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Author
Peacock, R. D. | Jones, W. W. | Reneke, P. A. | Forney, G. P.
Title
CFAST: Consolidated Model of Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (Version 6). User's Guide.
Coporate
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Report
NIST SP 1042; NIST Special Publication 1041; Version 6; Users Guide, August 2005, 89 p.
Keywords
CFAST | fire growth | smoke transport | computer models | fire models | fire research | hazard assessment | toxicity
Identifiers
CFAST (Consolidated Fire growth And Smoke Transport)
Abstract
CFAST is a two-zone fire model capable of predicting the environment in a multi-compartment structure subjected to a fire. It calculates the time evolving distribution of smoke and gaseous combustion products as well as the temperature throughout a building during a user-prescribed fire. This report describes the use of the model, including installing and running the software, the computer platforms upon which it is supported and examples to verify correct installation.