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Author
Rein, G. | Bar-Ilan, A. | Alvares, N. | Fernandez-Pello, A. C.
Title
Estimating the Performance of Enclosure Fire Models by Correlating Forensic Evidence of Accidental Fires.
Coporate
California Univ., Berkeley Fire Sciences Applications, San Carlos, CA
Report
Volume 2,
Book or Conf
Interflam 2004. (Interflam '04). International Interflam Conference, 10th Proceedings. Volume 2. July 5-7, 2004. Organised by Interscience Communications Ltd. in association with National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building Research Establishment; National Fire Protection Association; Society of Fire Protection Engineers; and Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1183-1194 p., 2004
Keywords
fire science | fire safety | accidents | enclosures | fire models | fire growth | zone models | field models | equations | couches | heat release rate | gas heaters
Identifiers
CFAST (Consolidated Fire growth And Smoke Transport); Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS); applying three fire modeling approaches to predict two accidental fires that occurred in single-family dwellings; three-level modeling analysis of accidental fires; small-apartment sofa fire; small house gas-heater fire; comparison of results from the three fire models for the small-apartment case; comparison of results from the three fire models for the gas heater case