<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The specifics of a forecast fire development in a single fire compartment consisting of a shopping hall characterised by a large area and a relatively low height are analysed in this paper. The fire initiated locally, and after initiation, depending on the ventilation conditions in the zone, more or less intensively spread to the neighbouring areas with or without full development. The propagation of hot exhaust plume was simulated within the environment of the FDS computer code. Three formal models differing in zone size and stacking height have been subjected to analysis. The influence of automatically activated smoke vents has been accounted for.</p></abstract>

The specifics of a forecast fire development in a single fire compartment consisting of a shopping hall characterised by a large area and a relatively low height are analysed in this paper. The fire initiated locally, and after initiation, depending on the ventilation conditions in the zone, more or less intensively spread to the neighbouring areas with or without full development. The propagation of hot exhaust plume was simulated within the environment of the FDS computer code. Three formal models differing in zone size and stacking height have been subjected to analysis. The influence of automatically activated smoke vents has been accounted for.

Forecast of a fire spreading in a large-area shopping hall

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The specifics of a forecast fire development in a single fire compartment consisting of a shopping hall characterised by a large area and a relatively low...

Forecast of a fire spreading in a large-area shopping hall

Published Online: May 23, 2020

Page range: 61 - 75

Received: Nov 27, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.179.9667

Keywords
shopping hall, spread of a fire, numerical simulation, fire compartment, ventilation conditions, stacking height

© 2018 Mariusz Maślak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Forecast of a fire spreading in a large-area shopping hall

Published Online: May 23, 2020

Page range: 61 - 75

Received: Nov 27, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.179.9667

Keywordsshopping hall, spread of a fire, numerical simulation, fire compartment, ventilation conditions, stacking height

© 2018 Mariusz Maślak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
shopping hall, spread of a fire, numerical simulation, fire compartment, ventilation conditions, stacking height