Floyd, J.
(2002),
Comparison of CFAST and FDS for Fire Simulation With the HDR T51 and T52 Tests, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.6866 (Accessed April 27, 2026)
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Comparison of CFAST and FDS for Fire Simulation With the HDR T51 and T52 Tests
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This work uses three methods: hand calculations, a zone model (CFAST), and a computational fluid dynamics code (FDS), to examine two fire tests from the HDR facility, a decommissioned reactor containment building in Germany. The two tests, T51.23 and T52.14, used different fuels, propane gas and a hydrocarbon solvent, and occurred in two quite differeny locations, low in the containment and just below the containment operating deck, respectively.Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 6866
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compartment fire, computational fluid dynamics, fire simulation, nuclear reactors, zone model
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Created March 1, 2002, Updated November 10, 2018