Consolidated Compartment Fire Model (CCFM) Computer Code Application CCFM.VENTS. Part 3. Catalog of Algorithms and Subroutines (NISTIR 4344)

Published

July 1, 1990

Author(s)

Leonard Y. Cooper, Glenn P. Forney

Abstract

A project was carried out at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to study the feasibility of developing a new-generation, multi-room, compartment fire model computer code, called the Consolidated Compartment Fire Model (CCFM) computer code. The ideas was that such a code would consolidate past progress in zone-type compartment fire modeling, and allow readily for integration of future advances with the greatest possible flexibility. The project lead to the development of a prototype multi-room CCFM product called CCFM.VENTS. This is Part 3 of a four-part report which documents CCFM.VENTS. It is a catalog of all the modular algorithms and associated computer subroutines used to simulate the physical phenomena in CCFM.VENTS. Each physical algorithm entry includes a description of the phenomenon simulated, a concise presentation of the calculation procedure used, identification of all input and output parameters, and a listing of the subroutine. The catalog entries have been developed and are presented as modular, stand-alone products. The stand-alone design feature allows the catalog entries to be used both in CCFM and in any other modular, zone-type, compartment fire model computer code. The other three parts of this report are: Part 1: Physical Basis; Part 2: Software Reference Guide; and Part 4: User Reference Guide.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 4344

Report Number

4344

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.4344

Keywords

computer models, building fires, compartment fires, fire models, mathematical models, vents, zone models

Citation

Cooper, L. and Forney, G. (1990), Consolidated Compartment Fire Model (CCFM) Computer Code Application CCFM.VENTS. Part 3. Catalog of Algorithms and Subroutines (NISTIR 4344), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.4344 (Accessed October 11, 2024)