- Author
- Gupta, A. K.
- Title
- CALFIRE: An Interactive Model for Fire Calculations.
- Coporate
- Central Building Research Inst., Roorkee, India
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 30, No. 3, 304-325, Third Quarter 1994
- Keywords
- fire models | compartment fires | roof vents | sprinklers | heat release rate | flame height | pool fires | sprinkler response | detector response
- Identifiers
- CALFIRE (CALculate Fire In Room and Enclosure); naturally ventilated fire; forced-ventilated fire; area-controlled fire; vent area; application to hazard estimation
- Abstract
- CALFIRE (CALculate Fire In Room and Enclosure), is a knowledge-based mathematical formulation of analytical and numerical procedures to predict fires in a room or an enclosure. Heat release rate, flame height, vent size and room temperature. It is a data-base, semiempirical mathematical model for calculating fire behavior and performance in rooms and enclosures.