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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2016.30.6.037

Feasibility Study on the Fire Scenario Design of a Couch Burning through a Fire Spread Model  

Kim, Sung-Chan (Dept. of Fire Safety, Kyungil Univ.)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.30, no.6, 2016 , pp. 37-42 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study has been performed to examine the feasibility of a flame spread model on the design fire scenario for fire risk analysis. Thermo-Gravimetric analysis and sample burning test were conducted to obtain the material properties of a single couch covered with synthetic leather material and a series of FDS calculations applying with the measured material properties were performed for different grid sizes. The overall fire growth characteristics predicted by the fire model were quite different from the results of a real scale fire test and the initial peak value of the HRR and total released energy showed the results within a 30% discrepancy for the computational grids used in the present study. The current model has some limitations in predicting the fire growth characteristics, such as fire growth rate and the time to the maximum HRR. This study shows that the fire model may be applicable to creating the design fire scenario through continuous model improvement and detailed material properties.
Keywords
CFD; Fire model; Pyrolysis; Heat release rate; Design fire scenario;
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