- Author
- Cooper, L. Y. | Rockett, J. A. | Mitler, H. E. | Stroup, D. W.
- Title
- Program for the Development of a Benchmark Compartment Fire Model Computer Code.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBSIR 85-3252; ASTM STP 983, October 1985, 29 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- American Society for Testing and Materials. Mathematical Modeling of Fires. ASTM STP 983 ON BOOK SHELF: TH1091.S983 1988) December 3, 1986, ASTM, Philadelphia, PA, New Orleans, LA, Mehaffey, J. R., Editors, 116-127 p., 1985
- Keywords
- compartment fires | computer programs | fire models | fire research | room fires
- Identifiers
- computational models
- Abstract
- With a variety of objectives in mind, many different compartment fire model computer codes have been developed within the fire safety/research community. Yet, no one of these can be described as being a "benchmark" model in the sense that it is reliable enough to be accepted as a standard of reference for the performance of design-oriented fire models. It is the major objective of the Compartment Fire Modeling Research (CFMR) Group in the Fire Safety Technology Division of the Center for Fire Research (CFR) to develop such a Benchmark Compartment Fire Model (BCFM) computer code. This paper describes the characteristics of this BCFM, and outlines the program which will lead to its development.