- Author
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Davis, W. D.
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Cooper, L. Y.
- Title
- Estimating the Environment and the Response of Sprinkler Links in Compartment Fires With Draft Curtains and Fusible Link-Actuated Ceiling Vents. Part 2. User Guide for the Computer Code LAVENT.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- AAMA Research Foundation, Des Plaines, IL
- Report
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NISTIR 89-4122,
August 1989,
422 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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sprinklers
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computer programs
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building fires
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compartment fires
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computer models
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fire models
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mathematical models
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vents
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sprinkler response
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zone models
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ceiling vents
- Identifiers
- LAVENT (Link-Actuated VENTs) computer programs
- Abstract
- This is a User Guide for the computer code LAVENT (Link-Actuated VENTs) and an associated graphics code GRAPH. LAVENT has been developed to simulate the environment and the response of sprinkler links in compartment fires with draft curtains and fusible-link-actuated ceiling vents. The use of LAVENT is presented by a series of exercises in which the reader reviews and modifies a default input data file which describes vent and sprinkler actuation during fire growth in an array of wood pallets located in a curtained warehouse-type of configuration. Results of the default simulation are discussed. LAVENT is written in FORTRAN 77. The executable code operates on PC-compatible computers and requires a minimum of 252 kilobytes of memory. The reference to a Part 3 is incorrect. There will be no programmers guide.