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Author
Walton, W. D.
Title
ASET-B: A Room Fire Program for Personal Computers.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Journal
Fire Technology, Vol. 21, No. 4, 293-309, November 1985
Sponsor
National Park Service, Washington, DC Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Report
NBSIR 85-3144-1; CIB W14/85/19 (USA), Revised December 1985, 41 p.
Distribution
AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900; Rush Service (Telephone Orders Only) 800-553-6847; Website: http://www.ntis.gov
Keywords
compartment fires | computer programs | evacuation | fire growth | manuals | mathematical models | room fires | smoke
Abstract
ASET-B, a personal computer program for predicting the fire environment in a single room, is presented. ASET-B solves the same differential equations as the previously developed computer program, ASET (Available Safe Egress Time), using a simpler numerical technique. ASET-B requires as input the height and area of the room, the elevation of the fire above the floor, a heat loss factor, and a fire specified in terms of heat release rate. The program predicts the thickness and the temperature of the hot smoke layer as a function of time. ASET-B is written in BASIC and is not subject to copyright. This paper describes the program and its use. Included are a listing of the program, program variable name listing and a smaple run. A discussion of user modifications also is given.