- Author
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Peacock, R. D.
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Jones, W. W.
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Forney, G. P.
- Title
- CFAST: Consolidated Model of Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (Version 5). User's Guide.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NIST SP 1034; NIST Special Publication 1034; Version 5; Users Guide,
December 2004,
109 p.
- Keywords
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CFAST
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fire models
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computer models
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fire growth
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smoke transport
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fire research
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hazard assessment
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toxicity
- Identifiers
- getting started; running CFAST; setting up the input file for CFAST; output; databases used by the model; initialization files; CFAST (Consolidated Fire growth And Smoke Transport)
- Abstract
- CFAST is a two-zone fire model capable of predicting the environment in a multi-compartment structure subjected to a fire. It calculates the time evolving distribution of smoke and gaseous combustion products as well as the temperature throughout a building during a user-prescribed fire. This report describes the use of the model, including installing and running the software, the computer platforms upon which it is supported and examples to verify correct installation.