- Author
- Merci, B. | VanMaele, K.
- Title
- Numerical Simulations of Full-Scale Enclosure Fires in a Small Compartment With Natural Roof Ventilation.
- Coporate
- Fund of Scientific Research--Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen), Belgium Ghent Univ., --UGent, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Journal
- Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 43, No. 7, 495-511, October 2008
- Keywords
- roofs | ventilation | compartments | enclosures | computational fluid dynamics | zone models | simulation | large scale fire tests | heat release rate | field models | temperature | sensitivity | temperature fluctuations | temperature profiles | mass flow | flow rate | smoke layers
- Identifiers
- Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS); OZONE; THERMOCOUPLE; influence of thermal wall boundary conditions on the CFD results; grid sensitivity of the CFD results; mass flow rate of smoke through roof opening; neutral plane height (m); influence of roof opening area; total smoke mass flow rate out of the compartment; average hot layer temperature rise; influence of fire source area; hot layer thickness; hot smoke layer thickness; buoyancy reference velocity