- Author
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Quintiere, J. G.
- Title
- Scaling in Fire Research. CFR Video Seminar.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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Video
September 20, 1988
- Keywords
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fire research
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scaling
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equations
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pressure modeling
- Identifiers
- fire phenomena
- Abstract
- The principles for scaling fire phenomenon are examined from the dimensionless groups derived from the governing differential equations. A review of the literature shows examples of where correlations have been successfully developed for a wide range of fire phenomena in terms of the significant dimensionless groups. Scaling techniques based on Froude modeling, pressure modeling and analog modeling are described and illustrated. The use of small geometric models ranging from fire plumes to enclosure fires are illustrated by many examples.