- Author
- Evans, D. D.
- Title
- Use of Fire Simulation in Fire Safety Engineering and Fire Investigation.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NISTIR 6588, November 2000,
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900; Rush Service (Telephone Orders Only) 800-553-6847; Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 15th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 2. Proceedings. March 1-7, 2000, San Antonio, TX, Bryner, S. L., Editors, 441-448 p., 2000
- Keywords
- fire safety | fire research | fire simulation | safety engineering | fire investigations | smoke plumes | warehouses | fire fighters | fire fatalities | computer programs | fire models | sprinklers | draft curtains | roof vents
- Identifiers
- Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) software; ASET-B; DETACT; ALOFT-FT; wind blown smoke plumes
- Abstract
- A discussion is presented of recent applications of the Fire Dynamics Simulator software developed at NIST for modeling fires using large eddy simulation technology. Applications and impacts of the model include: prediction of wind-blown smoke plume trajectory and particulate concentration predictions, the interaction of sprinklers, draft curtains and roof vents in warehouse facilities, and fire fighter fatality investigations.