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Data for Room Fire Model Comparisons

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Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, S Davis, Vyto Babrauskas

Abstract

With the development of models to predict fire growth and spread in buildings, there has been a concomitant evolution in the measurement and analysis of experimental data in real-scale fires. This report presents the types of analyses that can be used to examine large-scale room fire test data to prepare the data for comparison with zone-based fire models. Five sets of experimental data which can be used to test the limits of a typical two-zone fire model are detailed. A standard set of nomenclature describing the geometry of the building and the quantities measured in each experiment is presented. Availability of ancillary data (such as smaller-scale test results) is included. These descriptions, along with the data (available in computer-readable form) should allow comparisons between the experiment and model predictions. The base of experimental data ranges in complexity from one room tests with individual furniture items to a series of tests conducted in a multiple story hotel equipped with a zoned smoke control system.
Citation
Journal of Research (NIST JRES) -
Volume
96
Issue
No. 4

Keywords

accuracy assessment, data analysis, experiments, fire models, fire tests, instruments

Citation

Peacock, R. , Davis, S. and Babrauskas, V. (1991), Data for Room Fire Model Comparisons, Journal of Research (NIST JRES), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed December 2, 2024)

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Created August 1, 1991, Updated November 14, 2018