- Author
- Levine, R. S.
- Title
- Mathematical Fire Modeling to Solve Fire and Smoke Problems. A Status Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Director General Maritime Engineering and Maintenance. International Conference on Fire Propagation Onboard Warships. September 26-27, 1983, Ottawa, Canada, 9-14 p., 1983
- Keywords
- fire growth | mathematical models
- Abstract
- Mathematical models of fire growth and bouyant smoke travel have been much improved the past several years as new scientific knowledge about processes in fire and improved numerics have been incorporated. This presentation is an overview of the current capabilities and needs of zone models of fire growth in fire growth in compartments and smoke travel, and the capabilities of field equation models of smoke circulation. These models provide the basis for a new generation of meaningful material fire property tests, and are an important part of a growing capability for Fire Protection Engineers to design for a given degree of fire safety in buildings. This growing capability can be applied as well to fire problems in ships.