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Author
Rockett, J. A.
Title
Park Service Room Fire Test Simulations Using the Harvard Level 5.2 Computer Fire Model.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Sponsor
Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC Department of Interior, Washington, DC
Report
NBSIR 83-2805, June 1984, 45 p.
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Keywords
larg scale fire tests | furniture calorimeters | heat release | room fires
Abstract
The Fire Center has conducted a series of full-scale tests of hotel-like rooms. The furnishings were a bed with headboard "made up" with bedding, and a wooden sidetable. The ignition source was a wastebasket. The furniture was burned in the new NBS furniture calorimeter and in 2.44 x 3.66 x 2.44 high room. As an adjunct to analysis of the test results, a series of simulations of the fire tests were run using the Harvard Fire Simulation. This report describes the simulations and their results.