Abstract
The smoke filling process for the three types of atrium spaces commonly built in Hong Kong are simulated using the two types of deterministic fire model: zone models and field models. The zone models used are the FIRST, CFAST, and CCFM.VENTS models developed at the Building and Fire Research Laboratories, NIST, USA and the NBTC one-room model of FIRECALC developed at CSIRO, Australia. The field model is a self-developed fire field model based on computational fluid dynamics theories. The results predicted by the two approaches are very similar. Simulation using a field model requires much more computing time compared with the use of a zone model, but it can give more detailed information on the fire-induced flow and temperature fields.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 337-353 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Fire Safety Journal |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1995 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Materials Science(all)
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
- Physics and Astronomy(all)