- Author
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Levine, R. S.
- Title
- Mathematical Modeling of Fires. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBSIR 80-2107,
September 1980,
44 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- Society of Fire Protection Engineers. Systems Methodologies and Some Applications Symposium. February 27-29, 1980,
College Park, MD,
73-94 p.,
1980
- Keywords
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fire safety
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mathematical models
- Abstract
- This presentation has three technical parts, and ends with audience participation and recommendations. First, a brief discussion of fire growth in a compartment is presented, showing why we need full scale tests, or a mathematical model adequately simulating such growth. The second part of the talk describes what several Federal agencies and their grantees are doing to bring about the necessary engineering and mathematical capability for this modeling. The third part illustrates some problems that may be of interest to fire protection engineers that can be solved relatively simply by using fragments of the modeling capability now available. Then a discussion was held with the audience to determine modeling needs. Should we provide a series of simple models, each applicable to a limited range of problems, or a major comprehensive model, accessible from a computer terminal, that will solve a very wide range of problems? The audience decided both were needed.