Title of article :
Full-scale experimental and numerical studies on compartment fire under low ambient temperature
Author/Authors :
Alexandra Bystr?m، نويسنده , , XuDong Cheng، نويسنده , , Ulf Wickstr?m، نويسنده , , Milan Veljkovic، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
Pages :
8
From page :
255
To page :
262
Abstract :
A fire experiment with wood crib was conducted in a concrete building under low ambient temperature of −10 °C to explore fire development and temperature distribution. The concrete building consists of a two-storey compartment with the size of 9.0 m by 5.0 m by 4.8 m high and a four-storey stairwell with the size of 5.0 m by 2.4 m by 10.0 m high. The fuel mass loss rate and temperatures at different positions were measured. Two fire cases, with different assumed ambient temperatures of −10 °C and 20 °C respectively, were then simulated by using FDS software to investigate the effect of ambient temperature and compare with the experimental results. The numerical results show that the calculated heat release rate is in reasonably good agreement with the measured full-scale result before water suppression. The calculated temperatures in the hot combustion gas layer at different positions agree also very well with the measured values. However, the measured fresh air temperature at the floor level near the fire source is higher than the calculated value. This discrepancy may partly depend on measuring errors as analyzed in the paper.
Keywords :
Compartment fire , Temperature distribution , FDS , Low ambient temperature
Journal title :
Building and Environment
Serial Year :
2012
Journal title :
Building and Environment
Record number :
1218446
Link To Document :
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