Analysis of the Large Urban Fire Environment,
Abstract
An analysis describing the high temperature and velocity environment of a large urban area fire is presented. The boundary value problem treats the burning region in detail. A novel prescription of the boundary conditions at the fire periphery allows the burning-region analysis to be uncoupled from analyses of the free-convection column and the far field. The relationship between burning rate, buoyancy, pressure gradients, and the creation of high velocity fire winds is described. Sample results simulate the burning-region environment for the 1943 Hamburg firestorm. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADP001805
Entities
People
- D. A. Larson
- R. D. Small