Computer Aided Modelling of Compartment Fires – an Overview

Abstract

Several programme environments, computer models, have been developed and used in recent years to model the dynamic of internal fire. It is a very progressive approach, which has its application both in the design of fire safety of buildings, the selection of suitable materials and structures, and the design of effective stable fire-fighting equipment or in the field fire investigation, in verifying concrete scenarios of fire initiation and development. This paper is devoted to detailed description of the issues of modelling itself and modelling of fires as well as individual programme environments used for this purpose, i.e. ARGOS, CFAST, BRANZFIRE, FDS and SMARTFIRE, and their application in safety research and safety practice.

Keywords

• compartment fire
• computer aid
• fire modelling
• review