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Guidelines for the use of CFD simulations for fire and smoke modeling

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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Subjectcomputational fluid dynamics, fire dynamics simulator, smoke modeling, fire modeling, smoke management systems; Design fires/Fire modeling; Smoke management
Abstract
This paper examines the use of computational fluid dynamics for modeling fire development and smoke production. It examines fundamental fire dynamics concepts including: grid resolution, plume entrainment rates, combustion models, smoke modeling, radiative fraction, non-orthogonal geometries, interface height calculation, and boundary layer modeling. The paper provides guidelines for the proper treatment of each factor and recommendations for avoiding modeling errors. It examines the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) software, however many of the issues, results and discussions are applicable to other fire models
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  • ASHRAE Transactions 111, no. 2 (1 May 2005): 583–594.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 47740
NRC-IRC-17033
NPARC number20377671
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