Issues in evaluation of complex fire models

✍ Scribed by Richard D. Peacock; Paul A. Reneke; C.Lynn Forney; Michael M. Kostreva

• Book ID: 104341828
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 632 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0379-7112
• DOI: 10.1016/s0379-7112(97)00061-1

✦ Synopsis

Discretization of the upper-layer temperature ½ Discretization of layer interface height Z Elevation above fire Z G Elevation of layer interface c Matrix, defined in eqn (9) c , c Dimensionless parameters in eqns (2) and (3) c N Specific heat g Gravitational constant h Height of a vent p Arbitrary input parameter vector in eqn (1) qR Dimensionless heat release rate t Time t Characteristic time, taken to be 900 s for the ASET analysis z Arbitrary solution vector in eqn (1) Height of the base of the fire above the floor Dimensionless value of Conductive heat loss fraction Radiative heat loss fraction Dimensionless layer interface height Gas density Ambient gas density Dimensionless time Dimensionless upper-layer temperature Arbitrary sensitivity variable in eqn (4) 104 R. D. Peacock et al.