- Author
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Pietrzak, L. M.
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Ball, J. A.
- Title
- Physically Based Fire Suppression Computer Simulation: Definition, Feasibility Assessment, Development Plan and Applications.
- Coporate
- Mission Research Corp., Santa Barbara, CA
- Sponsor
- Swedish Fire Research Board, Stockholm, Sweden
- Report
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MRC-R-732
April 1983
342 p.
- Keywords
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fire suppression
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computer simulation
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fire fighting
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safety engineering
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computer models
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fire behavior
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fire growth
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fire protection
- Abstract
- To help reduce fire related losses in Sweden. the Swedish Fire Research Board (BRANDFORSK) has initiated a research program in the area of fire fighting and safety engineering. One important part of this program is to further the understanding of the basic mechanisms involved and to seek ways of improving the performance of fire suppression equipment, both systems fixed in-place in buildings as well as portable equipment used in manual fire fighting. This program involves not only experimental work but also computer modeling and simulation work to better understand the phenomena as well as to guide the development of new or to improve conventional suppression technologies. In this regard, BRANDFORSK hopes to extend and apply fire and fire suppression related computer models developed by Mission Research Corporation and others in the past. The effort documented in this report assess the feasibility of actually developing and using a fire suppression computer simulation. Specifically the report: (1) reviews the scientific literature to identify and assess the suitability of related past and current experimental and theoretical work (including computer simulations) to determine if they can be adapted or extended to help achieve the above goals; (2) defines specific fire suppression simulation applications, requirements, concepts and an overall technical approach that 'makes maximum use of available models and data as well .as identifies areas requiring new models and experimental data; (3) identifies relevant problems and issues and assesses the feasibility of actually developing and using the fire suppression simulation as intended, and (4) for those extensions deemed feasible defines a research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) plan to complete the simulation development and experimental testing in a timely and cost-effective manner. Overall it is concluded the development of the fire suppression simulation is a feasible undertaking. However the effort will require models of varying degrees of complexity depending upon the fire condition and suppressant agent involved.