- Author
- Peacock, R. D. | Davis, S. | Babrauskas, V.
- Title
- Data for Room Fire Model Comparisons.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Vol. 96, No. 4, 411-462, August 1991
- Keywords
- accuracy assessment | data analysis | experiments | fire models | fire tests | instruments
- Abstract
- With the development of models to predict fire growth and spread in buildings, there has been a concomitant evolution in the measurement and analysis of experimental data in real-scale fires. This report presents the types of analyses that can be used to examine large-scale room fire test data to prepare the data for comparison with zone-based fire models. Five sets of experimental data which can be used to test the limits of a typical two-zone fire model are detailed. A standard set of nomenclature describing the geometry of the building and the quantities measured in each experiment is presented. Availability of ancillary data (such as smaller-scale test results) is included. These descriptions, along with the data (available in computer-readable form) should allow comparisons between the experiment and model predictions. The base of experimental data ranges in complexity from one room tests with individual furniture items to a series of tests conducted in a multiple story hotel equipped with a zoned smoke control system.