- Author
- Steckler, K. D.
- Title
- Fire Induced Flows in Corridors--A Review of Efforts to Model Key Features.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- General Services Admin., Washington, DC
- Report
- NISTIR 89-4050, February 1989, 25 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- corridors | flow fields | gas flow | mass flow | propagation | velocity | gravity current
- Abstract
- A literature review was undertaken to identify engineering formulas or models which can be used to predict key features of the corridor-filling proess. The results of that review are presented and assessed. The filling process is viewed as a series of three events: a forward gravity current moving away from the fire source, a reflected or return gravity current moving toward the source, followed by uniform filling of the entire corridor. Recommendations for stimtingthe filling during each of these stages are presented.