- Author
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Forney, G. P.
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Cooper, L. Y.
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Moss, W. F.
- Title
- Consolidated Compartment Fire Model (CCFM) Computer Code Application CCFM.VENTS. Part 4. User Reference Guide.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC
- Report
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NISTIR 4345,
July 1990,
51 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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computer models
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building fires
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compartment fires
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fire models
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mathematical models
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vents
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zone models
- Identifiers
- Consolidated Compartment Fire Model (CCFM) computer code; CCFM.VENTS
- Abstract
- A project was carried out at The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to study the feasibility of developing a new-generation, multi-room, compartment fire model computer code, called the Consolidated Compartment Fire Model (CCFM) computer code. The ideas was that such a code would consolidate past progress in zone-type compartment fire modeling, and allow readily for integration of future advances with the greatest possible flexibility. The project lead to the development of a prototype multi-room CCFM product called CCFM.VENTS. This is Part 4 of a four-part report which documents the above effort. The main objective of this Part 4 document is to document the use of CCFM.VENTS. Its capabilities and limitations are described. A simple two room tutorial is presented to get the user quickly acquainted with the input requirements of CCFM.VENTS. Each CCFM.VENTS command is described. Finally, a program for plotting CCFM.VENTS data is presented. This program runs on an IBM-PC or compatible with a VGA graphics monitor. The other three parts of this report are: Part 1: Technical Basis; Part 2: Programmers Reference Guide; and Part 3: Catalog of Algorithms and Subroutines.