- Author
- Jones, W. W.
- Title
- Modeling Smoke Movement Through Compartmented Structures.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 2, 172-183, March/April 1993
- Book or Conf
- Sagamore Army Materials Research Conference, 39th. September 16-17, 1992, Plymouth, MA, 1992 AND U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 12th Joint Panel Meeting. October 27-November 2, 1992, Tsukuba, Japan, Building Research Inst., Ibaraki, Japan, Fire Research Inst., Tokyo, Japan, 34-41 pp, ['1992', '1993']
- Keywords
- smoke | compartment fires | fire growth | mathematical models | numerical models | room fires | toxicity
- Abstract
- This paper describes a model of fire growth and smoke transport for compartmented structures, with emphasis on those aspects which are important to making correct predictions of smoke movement in multicompartment structures. In particular, we are interested in the ability to model the movement of toxic gases from the room of origin of a fire to a distant compartment. The newest phenomena in the model are vertical flow and mechanical ventilation. Finally, we have improved the radiation transport scheme which affects energy distribution, and therefore the buoyancy forces. These are very important in a actual situations relevant to fire growth and smoke propagation, as is demonstrated.