Experiments and FDS simulations on the make-up air influence on low-power fires within an atrium
Identifiers
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10317/1552Share
Metrics
Statistics
View Usage StatisticsMetadata
Show full item recordResearch Group
Mecánica de Fluidos e Ingeniería TérmicaKnowledge Area
Mecánica de FluidosPublication date
2010Bibliographic Citation
GUTIERRE MONTES, Cándido; SANMIGUEL ROJAS, Enrique y VIEDMA ROBLES, Antonio. Experiments and FDS simulations on the make-up air influence on low-power fires within an atrium. En: International Congress on Combustion and Fire Dynamics ( 2010: Santander). International Congress on Combustion and Fire Dynamics. Santander, 20-23 October, 2010.Keywords
Mechanical exhaustCFD simulations
Full-scale fire tests
Mecánica de escape
Simulaciones CFD
Prueba de fuego a gran escala
Incendio de atrios
Atrium fire
Abstract
This paper aims to study the influence of different make-up air configurations on the inner conditions induced by low-power fires within an atrium. For this objective, three full scale fire tests in a 19.5 m x 19.5 m x 19.5 m facility have been conducted. In these tests, symmetric and non-symmetric make-up air configurations, as well as different air inlet areas have been assessed. Later FDSv4 simulations of the tests have been performed and comparisons between measurement and predictions are reported. Experimentally, no significant difference has been observed between the make-up air topologies assessed. Even make-up velocities higher than 1 m/s, with symmetric venting topology, have not induced important flame or plume perturbations. Numerically, the simulations agree well with the experiments for the cases with make-up air velocities lower than 1 m/s. Poor agreement has been found for the case with inlet velocities higher than 1 m/s.
Collections
The following license files are associated with this item:
Social media