- Author
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Cooper, L. Y.
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Franssen, J. M.
- Title
- Basis for Using Fire Modeling With 1-D Thermal Analyses of Barriers/Partitions to Simulate 2-D and 3-D Barrier/Partition Structural Performance in Real Fires.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
University of Liege, Belgium
- Journal
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 33,
No. 2,
115-128,
September 1999
- Report
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NISTIR 6170,
September 1998,
22 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900. Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Keywords
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fire barriers
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fire models
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thermal analysis
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algorithms
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ASTM E119
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compartment fires
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gypsum board
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steel studs
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walls
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zone models
- Abstract
- Computer fire models for simulating compartment fire environments typically require a mathematical formulation that couples the thermal response of the gases that fill the compartment and the thermal response of compartment barriers and partitions. The fire environment characteristics calculated by such models can be used to provide input, via thermal boundary conditions, to an uncoupled thermal-structural computer model for simulating and evaluating the combined thermal/structural performance of the barriers/partitions. The objective of such a combined analysis would be to determine, through analysis, the structural fire resistance of a barrier/partition design.