Numerical field model simulation of fire and heat transfer in a rectangular compartment
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Authors
Thorkildsen, Kenneth J.
Subjects
Fire modeling
Compartment fire simulation
Computer modeling
Compartment fire simulation
Computer modeling
Advisors
Kelleher, Matthew D.
Date of Issue
1992-09
Date
September 1992
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Shipboard fires have been the bane of mariners since man's earliest attempts to sail the sea. Understanding the behavior of fire in an enclosed space such as those found on today's modern seagoing vessels will greatly enhance the mariner's ability to combat or prevent them. In a joint effort between the Naval Postgraduate School and the University of Notre Dame a computer code has been developed to model a full scale fire in a closed compartment. The code uses finite volume formulation to obtain numerical solutions to the unsteady, three-dimensional conservation equations of mass, momentum and energy. Included are the effects of turbulence, strong buoyancy, surface radiation and wall conduction. The code gives velocities, pressure, temperatures and densities throughout the field. This thesis applies that computer code to the U.S. Navy's full scale fire test chamber at Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, California. Advance computer graphics techniques, including color contouring and three dimensional vector field plotting have been applied to make output more informative. It is hoped that someday this model could provide a useful tool for naval architects in the design of a fire safe ship, and a cost effective means for developing/evaluation of new firefighting equipment and techniques.
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Thesis
Description
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Department
Mechanical Engineering
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
184 p.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.