- Author
- Rockett, J. A.
- Title
- Two Approaches to the Analysis of Actual Fires.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1, 17-28, May 1985
- Book or Conf
- Society of Fire Protection Engineers. Computer Applications in Fire Protection: Analysis, Modeling, and Design. March 19-21, 1984, Leesburg, VA, 32 p., 1985
- Keywords
- fires
- Abstract
- Two calculations are described. One used only simple algebra to show the rate of development of a critical aspect of a fire. The other used one of our most elaborate computer based schemes to extend the results of full-scale fire tests to additional, important situations. Both provided useful results. The significance of this is that it is not the complexity of a calculation that is important but its relevance to the problem at hand.