- Author
- Jones, W. W. | Forney, G. P.
- Title
- Programmer's Reference Manual for CFAST, the Unified Model of Fire Growth and Smoke Transport.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NIST TN 1283, November 1990, 104 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- predictive models | compartment fires | fire growth | mathematical models | numerical models
- Identifiers
- software development
- Abstract
- This document describes the unified model of fire growth and smoke spread, CFAST. This paper documents the internal structure of the model and details the method of modifying the model, together with examples. The intent is to provide a framework and methodology for maintenance of the model, together with a method of updating it. The reader is assumed to have a working knowledge of programming, software maintenance and modeling of physical phenomena.