- Author
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Baum, H. R.
- Title
- Analysis of the Pressure Rise in Sealed Magazine Fires.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Navy Weapons Center, China Lake, CA
- Report
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NBSIR 87-3557,
November 1987,
28 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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compartment fires
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mathematical models
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pressure rise
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zone models
- Identifiers
- computational models
- Abstract
- A mathematical model for the pressure and temperature rise in sealed ship magazines caused by propellant fires is developed. The model is a simplified version of several existing zone fire models, modified to consider sealed compartments. The equations describing the model are solved exactly. Sample results are shown for a variety of magazine geometries.