- Author
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Rehm, R. G.
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Baum, H. R.
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Barnett, P. D.
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Sweet, R. A.
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O'Leary, D. P.
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Corley, D. M.
- Title
- Three Dimensional Computations of Fire Induced Flow--A Preliminary Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute/Eastern States Section. Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion. Technical Meeting, 1982. Co-Hosted by: AeroChem Research Laboratories, Inc. and Princeton University. December 14-16, 1982,
Atlantic City, NJ,
56/1-4 p.,
1983
- Keywords
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combustion
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room fires
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computation
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mathematical models
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plumes
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isotherms
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inviscid flow
- Abstract
- A mathematical model of time-dependent, three-dimensional buoyant convection produced by a room fire is presented. The basic equations, derived earlier by the authors, are for inviscid, non-heat-conducting flows of variable density dirven by a prescribed heat source representing a fire. The nondissipative nature of these equations (infinite Grashof number) implies that only large scale features of the motion can be described. No turbulence model is employed, but large eddy motions can be determined. Variable density is required to describe large temperature excursions produced in a fire.