Measurement Needs for Fire Safety: Proceedings of an International Workshop.
Measurement Needs for Fire Safety: Proceedings of an
International Workshop.
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Ohlemiller, T. J.; Johnsson, E. L.; Gann, R. G.
NISTIR 6527; 270 p. June 2000.
Measurement Needs for Fire Safety: Proceedings of an
International Workshop. National Institute of Standards
and Technology. April 4-6, 2000, Gaithersburg, MD,
Ohlemiller, T. J.; Johnsson, E. L.; Gann, R. G.,
Editor(s)(s), 1-14 pp, 2000.
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Keywords:
fire safety; fire research; fire models; fire science;
fire measurements; validation
Abstract:
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At the twelfth meeting of the FORUM for International
Cooperation in Fire Research, held in Garston, England,
the members agreed to convene a workshop focused on
improving their capabilities in science-based fire
measurements. Such measurements are at the heart of what
the member organizations of the FORUM do. Whether they
be inputs for fire models, fire characterization
parameters for model validation, material or product
fire performance, each requires careful quantification
as a basis for further progress in this field. The
potential benefits of collaboration among members have
long been recognized, but the complexities of
transferring funds across national boundaries have
proven to be a hindrance. Thus, with this Workshop,
members agreed to seek an area of collaboration where
each could devote internal funds toward specific mutual
goals in the area of fire measurements. The Workshop was
convened April 4-6, 200O to review needs and establish
common interests, thereby to converge on one or more
specific interlaboratory projects. The attendees are
listed in Appendix A. The conveners recognized that the
subject of fire measurements covers a broad territory.
Thus experts from various laboratories were asked to
summarize their views on the needs of specific areas,
including the capabilities and requirements of fire
models (compartment and burning object models) and the
measurements implicit in product tests and in
quantifying the internal parameters of fires (heat flux,
temperature, flow velocities and species
concentrations). Appendix B shows the Workshop program,
including the names of the invited speakers. Appendix C
comprises copies of the visual aids from the invited
presentations. In the following pages, we have
summarized the sense of the presentations in the various
sessions of the Workshop and also the range of ideas
which arose in the discussions following the
presentations. Ultimately, the participants voted on the
areas of primary interest for collaboration. As
discussed below, heat flux measurements emerged as the
main candidate.
Selected Papers
Zone Model: I/O and Required Measurements for Model Validation.
Yamada, T.
Experimental Data for CFD Models.
Hadjisophocleous, G.
Burning Item Sub-Models.
Babrauskas, V.
Products Tests: Europa.
Opstad, K.
FORUM Workshop: Product Tests in North America.
Gandhi, P. D.
Asia.
Hasemi, Y.
Fire Test Furnace.
Keltner, N.
Flow and Velocity Measurement Needs for Fire Safety.
Grosshandler, W. L.
Temperature Measurements in Fires.
Pitts, W. M.
Heat Release Rate (HRR).
Janssens, M. L.
Extractive Methods.
Blomqvist, P.
Smoke Gas Analysis by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy.
Hakkarainen, T.
In-Situ Gas Concentration Measurements for Fires.
Blevins, L. G.
Measurement of Smoke Aerosol.
Mulholland, G. W.
