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Author
Alpert, R. L. | Delichatsios, M. M.
Title
Calculated Interaction of Water Droplet Sprays With Fire Plumes in Compartments. Final Report.
Coporate
Factory Mutual Research, Norwood, MA
Sponsor
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Report
NBS GCR 86-520, December 1986, 47 p.
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Contract
NB83NADA4014
Keywords
compartment fires | building fires | ceilings | droplets | fire plumes | gas flow | water sprays
Abstract
The objective of the program is to analyze mathematically, through the use of computer solutions, the complex interaction between water droplet sprays and the buoyancy-driven gas flows incuded by a building fire.