- Author
- Integrated Systems, Inc.
- Title
- Smoke Movement Studies at the NIH Clinical Center.
- Coporate
- Integrated Systems, Inc., Brunswick, MD
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBS GCR 79-183, June 1978, 97 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- elevators (lifts) | smoke movement | elevator shafts
- Abstract
- Air movement in the NIH Clinical Center was analyzed in order to evaluate possible smoke movement in the event of a real fire. The experimental techniques employed were pressure mapping and tracer gas tests. The tests were conducted under both summer and winter conditions which produce different air flow conditions. In addition, the location of the neutral planes in elevator shafts and stairwells changed significantly with the seasons.