- Author
- Babrauskas, V. | Williamson, R. B.
- Title
- Post-Flashover Compartment Fires--Application of a Theoretical Model.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD California Univ., Berkeley
- Journal
- Fire and Materials, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1-7, March 1979
- Keywords
- compartment fires | flashover | computer programs
- Abstract
- Numerical solutions of the post-flashover fire are considered and a computer program is presented. The solutions are compared with experiment and the sensitivity of the solutions to a number of variables is discussed. It is shown that increasing the ventilation may either increase or decrease fire intensity, and the importance of the ventilation controlled phase of the fire is discussed. Application of the model to calculate the expected time-temperature history is illustrated and its significance is discussed. The deterministic approach is compared with a new method for calculating ther most severe fire by letting one variable take any value between certain limits. The latter method is called pessimization. The significance for designers is noted.