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Calculation of shipboard fire conditions for radioactive materials packages with the methods of computational fluid dynamics

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/537283· OSTI ID:537283

Shipboard fires both in the same ship hold and in an adjacent hold aboard a break-bulk cargo ship are simulated with a commercial finite-volume computational fluid mechanics code. The fire models and modeling techniques are described and discussed. Temperatures and heat fluxes to a simulated materials package are calculated and compared to experimental values. The overall accuracy of the calculations is assessed.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
537283
Report Number(s):
SAND--97-2182; ON: DE98000448
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English