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Understanding Fire and Smoke Flow Through Modeling and Visualization

August 1, 2003
Author(s)
Glenn P. Forney, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Kevin B. McGrattan, L M. Sheppard
Structural fires cost the American economy more than $100 billion annually in property damage, maintaining fire departments and insurance. A price cannot be put on the human toll: on average each year, 4,000 civilians die and 23,000 are injured in fires

BFRL Publications, 2002

June 1, 2003
Author(s)
Star R. Burgess, Kathleen C. Whisner, Glenn P. Forney, Paul A. Reneke
Welcome to BFRL Publications, 2002. These two CD-ROMs contain publications produced by BFRL staff, publications resulting from contracts or grants with BFRL and publications contained in poceedings from BFRL sponsored conferences orworkshops. The Volume 1

Improvements to the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator

January 1, 2003
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, J E. Floyd, Glenn P. Forney, Howard R. Baum, Simo A. Hostikka
A new version of the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) was released in the fall of 2001. Improvements have been made to the combustion and radiation routines, allowing for better simulation of flashover. The combustion is based on a single transport

Future of Fire Simulation

December 1, 2002
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Howard R. Baum, Ronald G. Rehm, Glenn P. Forney, Kuldeep R. Prasad
Scientists and engineers are often asked to make predictions of the state of technology in the future and are usually laughably wrong. The best prognosticators get the trends right, but cannot possibly fill in the details. Think of Jules Verne predicting a

Development and Validation of Corridor Flow Submodel for CFAST

November 1, 2002
Author(s)
J. L. Bailey, Glenn P. Forney, P. A. Tatem, Walter W. Jones
The modeling of fire and smoke spread is an evolving field. As knowledge is acquired and resources become available, models are enhanced to make their predictions more accurate and/or their computations faster. This paper will discuss the Consolidated Fire

Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 3): Users Guide (NISTIR 6748)

November 1, 2002
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney, J E. Floyd, Simo A. Hostikka, Kuldeep R. Prasad
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The software described in this document solves numerically a form of the Navier-Stokes equations appropriate for low-speed, thermally-driven flow with an

Initial Model for Fires in the World Trade Center Towers

May 1, 2002
Author(s)
Ronald G. Rehm, William M. Pitts, D D. Evans, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney
Mathematical models have been used to provide an initial estimate the behavior of the fires in the twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001. Available photographs and videos have provided an initial estimate of the exterior damage

Initial Model for Fires in the World Trade Center Towers (NISTIR 6879)

May 1, 2002
Author(s)
Ronald G. Rehm, William M. Pitts, Howard R. Baum, D D. Evans, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney
Based on preliminary assumptions and analysis, mathematical models have been used to estimate the behavior of the fires in the twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001. The hijacked-plane collision with each tower produced

Initial Model for Fires in the World Trade Center Towers (NISTIR 6879)

May 1, 2002
Author(s)
Ronald G. Rehm, William M. Pitts, Howard R. Baum, D D. Evans, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney
Based on preliminary assumptions and analysis, mathematical models have been used to estimate the behavior of the fires in the twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001. The hijacked-plane collision with each tower produced

Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 2) -- Technical Reference Guide

November 1, 2001
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Howard R. Baum, Ronald G. Rehm, Anthony P. Hamins, Glenn P. Forney, J E. Floyd, Simo A. Hostikka
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelof fire-driven fluid flow. The equations described in this document are a form of the Navier-Stokes equations appropriate for low-speed, thermally-driven flow with an emphasis on

Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 2) -- User's Guide

November 1, 2001
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney, J E. Floyd, Simo A. Hostikka
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelof fire-driven fluid flow. The software described in this document solves numerically a form of the Navier-Stokes equations appropriate for low-speed, thermally-driven flow with an

Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 3): Technical Reference Guide (NISTIR 6783)

November 1, 2001
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Howard R. Baum, Ronald G. Rehm, Anthony P. Hamins, Glenn P. Forney, J E. Floyd, Simo A. Hostikka
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The equations described in this document are a form of the Navier-Stokes equations appropriate for low-speed, thermally-driven flow with an emphasis on

Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 3): User's Guide (NISTIR 6784)

November 1, 2001
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney, J E. Floyd, Simo A. Hostikka
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The software described in this document solves numerically a form of the Navier-Stokes equations appropriate for low-speed, thermally-driven flow with an

Development of Combustion and Radiation Models for Large Scale Fire Simulation

September 13, 2001
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, J E. Floyd, Glenn P. Forney, Simo A. Hostikka, Howard R. Baum
In cooperation with the fire protection engineering community, a numerical fire model, Fire DynamicsSimulator (FDS), is being developed at NIST to study fire behavior and to evaluate theperformance of fire protection systems in buildings. Version 1 of FDS

BFRL Publications, 2000, Volumes 1 and 2

May 1, 2001
Author(s)
Star R. Burgess, Glenn P. Forney, Nora H. Jason
BFRL Publications, 2000, contains publications produced by or for BFRL staff during 2000. Volume 1 contains Building Research Publications and Volume 2 contains Fire Research publications. We also have included software for solving problems related to

Sensor-Driven Fire Model (NIST SP 965)

February 1, 2001
Author(s)
William D. Davis, Glenn P. Forney
Modern building fire sensors are capable of supplying substantially more information to the fire service than just the simple detection of a possible fire. With the increase in the number of sensors installed in buildings for non-fire purposes, it is

Sensor-Driven Fire Model Version 1.1 (NISTIR 6705)

January 1, 2001
Author(s)
William D. Davis, Glenn P. Forney
Modern building fire sensors are capable of supplying substantially more information to the fire service than just the simple detection of a possible fire. With the increase in the number of sensors installed in buildings for non-fire purposes, it is