- Author
- Xiao, B.
- Title
- Comparison of Numerical and Experimental Results of Fire Induced Doorway Flows.
- Coporate
- Tyco Fire Suppression and Building Products, Marinette, WI
- Book or Conf
- Suppression and Detection Research Application: A Technical Working Conference. SUPDET 2009. Proceedings. Fire Protection Research Foundation. Feburary 24-27, 2009, Orlando, FL, 74-85 p., 2009
- Keywords
- fire suppression | fire detection | doorways | vents | sprinkler activation | compartment fires | computational fluid dynamics | fire tests | thermal properties | construction materials | specific heat | thermal conductivity | mass flow | flow rate | velocity | fire spread | temperature profiles | sprinklers | free burning fires | sprinkler systems | mass flow | Crocker's experiments
- Identifiers
- Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS); changes to vent flow when a sprinkler activates; fire in a three dimesnional room with an open doorway; thermal properties of construction materials used in FDS; grid resolution; freeburn test results; Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS)