Visualization, A Tool for Understanding Fire Dynamics.
Visualization, A Tool for Understanding Fire Dynamics.
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Forney, G. P.
NISTIR 7431; 11 p. July 2007.
Keywords:
fire dynamics; visualization; simulation; fire spread;
smoke transport; fire protection engineering; fire
research; fire investigators; fire fighters; fire
safety; computational fluid dynamics; vapor phases;
temperature; fire models
Abstract:
Computational tools have been developed at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for
modeling fire spread and smoke transport in order that
various professionals such as fire protection engineers.
fire researchers. fire investigators. fire fighters.
Aphis (authorities having jurisdiction) etc. may study
the dynamics of fire with the ultimate aim of improving
fire safety. These models include FDS (Fire Dynamics
Simulator) for modeling fire spread and smoke transport
and Smokeview for visualizing the resulting fire
dynamics. This article will give an overview of many of
the features and techniques one can use with Smokeview
to better understand fire dynamics. Modeling is
especially useful when other methods of study such as
experimentation are not practical or are too dangerous
to conduct.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899