- Author
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Steckler, K. D.
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Baum, H. R.
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Quintiere, J. G.
- Title
- Salt Water Modeling of Fire Induced Flows in Multicompartment Enclosures.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Bethesda, MD
- Report
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CIB W14/88/13 (USA); NBSIR 86-3327,
March 1986,
52 p.
- 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
- Combustion Institute Symposium (International) on Combustion, 21st. August 3-8, 1986,
Combustion Inst., Pittsburgh, PA,
Munich, West Germany,
143-150 p.,
1987
- Keywords
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buoyant flow
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corridors
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flow visualization
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salt water
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scale models
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scaling laws
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smoke filling
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smoke layers
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salt water models
- Identifiers
- similitude studies
- Abstract
- Salt water modeling is used to study fire-induced flows in multicompartment structures. Scaling laws relating salt water flows and hot gas flows are developed. Results from 1/20 scale salt water simulations of fire-induced flows in a single-story multiroom structure are shown to be in good agreement with available full-scale results. Experiments invovling a 1/20 scale model of a U.S. Navy ship demonstrate the feasibility of using the technique to study hot gas flows in compartmented structures too complex to study economically by other means.