- Author
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Rockett, J. A.
- Title
- Fire Growth in Combat Ships.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBSIR 86-3451,
September 1986,
37 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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shipboard fires
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fire growth
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fire control
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fire models
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smoke control
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ventilation
- Abstract
- Several enrichments to FIRMOD, the Navy's ship battle damage estimation computer program, are considered. Some proposed enrichments could now be made to good effect, others should only be considered after further experimental work has been done to better define the phenomena involved and the algorithms to be used. Enrichments recommended for immedite consideration are exponentially growing fires, ingestion by one ventilation system of smoke issuing from other ventilation system exhausts, and smoke transport between spaces served by the same ventilation system. Areas where further experimental work is recommended before FIRMOD enrichments are considered include fires ventilated primarily from above and buoyant smoke transport up shafts and ladderways.