FASTData January 1999 Release
Input Data for Fire Modeling.
Input Data for Fire Modeling.
(1005 K)
Mitler, H. E.
NISTIR 6030; June 1997.
U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural
Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 13th Joint
Panel Meeting. Volume 1. March 13-20, 1996,
Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor, 187-199 pp,
1997.
Keywords:
fire safety; fire research; fire models; ignition;
flashover; radiation heat flux
Abstract:
Reliable burn data are needed as inputs for fire models,
for use as well as for model validation. To this end, a
set of five merchandise kiosks have been burned, and the
results carefully analyzed. A number of conclusions
emerge, many of them of a cautionary nature. Perhaps
the most important ones are that (a) The results of
apparently identical fires can differ substantially; it
follows that a number of runs must be made to get
statistically significant results. (b) The "raw" data
must be analyzed and rationalized. (c) The time delay
for the O2 analyzer is variable, not constant.
Suggestions are made for future work.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899