- Author
- Cummings, W. M.
- Title
- Smoke Movement Analyses (Smoke Transport Within a Corridor).
- Coporate
- Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA
- Report
- Thesis, April 1998, 185 p.
- Keywords
- smoke movement | smoke transport | corridors | large scale fire tests | compartments | fire safety | safety engineering | compute models | smoke production | smoke measurement | data analysis
- Identifiers
- CORRIDOR; FPETOOL; Ship Fire Safety Engineering Methodolgoy (SFSEM); smoke obscuration; smoke flow from the fire compartment(s); comparison to previous smoke wave velocity theory; smoke wave temperature; return wave
- Abstract
- A series of full-scale fire tests were performed, using a fire compartment and an adjoining long (30. m) corridor, as part of an effort to quantify the dynamics associated with smoke transport within a corridor. The tests were performed at the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center's Fire and Safety Test Detachment in Mobile, Alabama onboard the Test Vessel Mayo Lykes. The resulting empirical data was analyzed in an effort to develop a method that could be used to estimate the movement of smoke within a corridor. The objective is to potentially incorporate this method into a smoke movement analysis "tool" that could, in turn, be used in conjunction with a fire safety analysis methodology previously developed by the U.S. Coast Guard; the Ship Fire Safety Engineering Methodology (SFSEM). The goal is to develop a smoke movement analysis "module" that can be utilized in conjunction with the SFSEM when conducting an overall fire safety analysis of a ship. Of p[articular interest is the speed at which the smoke propagates along the length of the corridor. The focus of a smoke movement module would be life safety. A conservative assumption is made that if smoke is present in sufficient quantities to fill a corridor, then the corridor is to be considered untenable and not available as a means of egress. No attempt is made to address toxicity or density issues associated with smoke.