- Author
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Rockett, J. A.
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Morita, M.
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Cooper, L. Y.
- Title
- Comparisons of NBS/Harvard VI Simulations and Data From All Runs of a Full-Scale Multi-Room Fire Test Program.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Science University of Tokyo, Japan
- Journal
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 15,
No. 2,
115-169,
1989
- Keywords
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computer models
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compartment fires
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fire models
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multiroom fires
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simulation
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validation
- Abstract
- The NBS/Harvard VI multi-room fire model computer code was used to simulate results of previously reported full-scale, multi-room fire experiments. The tests and simulations involved four different compartment configurations made up of two or three rooms connected by open doorways, four different fire types generated by a methane burner located in the room identified as the burn room, and up to four different doorway openings between the burn room and the adjcent space. A total of nineteen different tests were carried out and simulated. Comparisons between simulated and measured parameters of the fire-generated environments are reviewed. While the computer code is generally found to provide favorable simulations for the entire range of tests, several areas in modeling detail are identified as requiring clarification, research and further improvement. The improvements should be incorporated in future versions of the NBS/Harvard multi-room fire model.