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Author
Cheng, T. M. | Chang, K. Y. | Shen, T. S.
Title
Analysis of Difference in Building Materials of Residence Fire by Using Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS).
Coporate
Fire Bureau, Taoyuan County National Taipei University of Technology Central Police Univ., Taiwan
Journal
Journal of Applied Fire Science, Vol. 13, No. 4, 275-289, 2004-2005
Keywords
building materials | residential buildings | building fires | computer simulation | fire retardants | heat release rate | housing | fire simulation | computational fluid dynamics | temperature distribution | home fires | smoke | scenarios | smoke layers | smoke detectors
Identifiers
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS); home space layout; materials and items inside the house; determination of location of design of fire source; space characteristic parameters; main inflammable items; panel point setting; thickness of panel points; changes in fire scene tempeature; variation of heat release rate in four fire scenarios; profile of window opening temperatures; impacts of smoke distribution; effects of independent residential smoke detector; independent smoke detector activation timing