Consolidated Compartment Fire Model (CCFM) Computer Code Application CCFM.VENTS. Part 4. User Reference Guide (NISTIR 4345)

Published

July 1, 1990

Author(s)

Glenn P. Forney, Leonard Y. Cooper, W F. Moss

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 4 of a four-part report which documents the above effort. The main objective of this Part 4 document is to document the use of CCFM.VENTS. Its capabilities and limitations are described. A simple two room tutorial is presented to get the user quickly acquainted with the input requirements of CCFM.VENTS. Each CCFM.VENTS command is described. Finally, a program for plotting CCFM.VENTS data is presented. This program runs on an IBM-PC or compatible with a VGA graphics monitor. The other three parts of this report are: Part 1: Technical Basis; Part 2: Programmers Reference Guide; and Part 3: Catalog of Algorithms and Subroutines.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 4345

Report Number

4345

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.4345

Keywords

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

Citation

Forney, G. , Cooper, L. and Moss, W. (1990), Consolidated Compartment Fire Model (CCFM) Computer Code Application CCFM.VENTS. Part 4. User Reference Guide (NISTIR 4345), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.4345 (Accessed October 16, 2025)