- Author
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Rockett, J. A.
- Title
- Zone Model Plume Algorithm Performance.
- Coporate
- Fire Modeling and Analysis, Washington, DC
- Journal
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Fire Science and Technology,
Vol. 15,
No. 1/2,
1-16,
1995
- Keywords
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zone models
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room fires
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fire plumes
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fire models
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algorithms
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turbulence
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vents
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simulation
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heat release
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fire spread
- Identifiers
- plume algorithms; effect of ambient turbulence; plume blowing; simulation procedure; variation of vent flow as a function of fire rate-of-heat-release for fixed fire location and vent geometry; Steckler room: variation of fire location for fixed fire size and vent; simulations with FIRST and the M-T-H (Morton, Turner and Taylor) plume and variable plume entrainment coefficient, alpha; comparison of predicted and measured values for various alpha