Analysis of the large urban fire environment
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5372549
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.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Sierra Research Corp., Santa Monica, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5372549
- Report Number(s):
- AD-P-001805/1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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