An experimental and numerical investigation of externally venting flames developing in an under ventilated fire compartment-facade configuration

Eleni Asimakopoulou; Dionysios Kolaitis; Maria Founti

An experimental and numerical investigation of externally venting flames developing in an under ventilated fire compartment-facade configuration

Eleni Asimakopoulou, Dionysios Kolaitis, Maria Founti

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Abstract

Externally Venting Flames (EVF) may significantly increase the risk of fire spreading. The main scope of this study is to investigate the fundamental physical phenomena governing EVF development and to assess the ability of currently available CFD tools to adequately describe EVF characteristics. In this context, a series of medium scale compartment-façade configuration fire experiments are performed. Experimental results suggest that the fuel load has a significant impact on the heat flux to the façade. The Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) CFD tool is used for the numerical simulation of the turbulent, multi-component and reactive flow-field developing in the experimental apparatus.

Original language	English
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 2015
Event	European Combustion Meeting - Hotel Hilton Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Duration: 30 Mar 2014 → 2 Apr 2015 Conference number: 7 http://ecm2015.combustioninstitute.hu/index.php/invitation/

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Conference	European Combustion Meeting
Abbreviated title	ECM 2015
Country/Territory	Hungary
City	Budapest
Period	30/03/14 → 2/04/15
Internet address	http://ecm2015.combustioninstitute.hu/index.php/invitation/

Keywords

Experimental
CFD
facade fire
Externally Venting Flames (EVF)

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An experimental and numerical investigation of externally venting flames developing in an under ventilated fire compartment-facade configuration

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