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Verification and Validation Process of a Fire Model

Published

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan, Simo A. Hostikka

Abstract

Fire simulation tools are used frequently in the fire safety assessment of nuclear and other industrial installations. They are also used in the context of probabilistic fire risk assessment as deterministic models providing the relation between the random conditions and the consequence of an accidental fire. Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics code developed specifically for the simulation of fire driven flows and heat transfer processes. FDS is currently the most commonly used fire model globally, and a subject of continuous validation studies by the code developers and users. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of methodology that is used for the estimation of model uncertainty, and to describe the implementation of the systematic and transparent quality assurance procedures for an open-source computer code.
Proceedings Title
Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management 2012
Conference Dates
June 25-29, 2012
Conference Location
Helsinki
Conference Title
PSAM 11

Keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fire Modeling, Validation, Verification

Citation

McGrattan, K. and Hostikka, S. (2012), Verification and Validation Process of a Fire Model, Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management 2012, Helsinki, -1, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=910622 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created June 18, 2012, Updated February 19, 2017