Fire Research Division

Fire Modeling Group

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Publications

The following represents publications involving members of the Fire Modeling Group.

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Amon, F., Hamins, A., Rowe, J., First responder thermal imaging cameras: establishment of representative performance testing conditions, Proceedings of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Defense and Security Symposium, Thermosense XXVIII, Vol. 6205-37, Orlando, FL, April 2006.

Amon, F., Hamins, A., First responder thermal imaging cameras: development of performance metrics and test methods, Proceedings of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Defense and Security Symposium, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, and Testing XVII, edited by G. Holst, Vol. 6207-28, Orlando, FL, April 2006.

Baum, H.R., and Atreya, A., “A Model of Transport of Fuel and Gases in a Charring Solid and its Application to Opposed Flow Flame Spread,” to appear in Proc. Combust. Inst., 31st Int. Sym., 2006.

Baum, H.R., Simulating Fire Effects on Complex Building Structures, ¬ Proc. 8th Int. Sym., International Association for Fire Safety Science, 3-18, 2005.

Bentz, D., Prasad, K., and Yang, J., “Towards a methodology for the characterization of fire resistive materials with respect to thermal performance models” Fire Mater., 2006; 30:311-321.

Dinaburg, J., Amon, F., Hamins, A., Boynton, P., LCD display screen performance testing for handheld thermal imaging cameras, Proceedings of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Defense and Security Symposium, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, and Testing XVII, edited by G. Holst, Vol. 6207-29, Orlando, FL, April 2006.

Hamins, A., Verification and Validation of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications: Volume 2, Experimental Uncertainty, Draft NUREG-1824 Draft for Public Comment, July 2006.

Hamins, A. and McGrattan, K., Experimental Uncertainty Used in Validation of Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications, American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada, June 2006.

Hamins, A., Johnsson, E., Donnelly, M., and Maranghides, A., Energy Balance in a Large Compartment Fire, submitted to Fire Safety J., 2006.

Hamins, A., Bundy, M., Oh, C.B., Kim, S.C., Effect of Buoyancy on the Structure and Extinction of Low Strain Rate Non-Premixed Methane Flames, submitted to Combust Flame, 2006.

Hamins, A., McGrattan, K., Prasad, K., McAllister, T., and Maranghides, A., Experiments and Modeling of Structural Steel Elements Exposed to A Fire, Proceedings of the 8th International Association of Fire Safety Science (IAFSS), 189-200, 2005.

Hamins, A.; Bundy, M.; Dillon, S. E., Characterization of Candle Flames. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 4, 265-285, November 2005.

Hu, Z., Utiskul, Y., Quintiere, J. G. and Trouvé A., "Towards Large Eddy Simulations of Flame Extinction and Carbon Monoxide Emission in Compartment Fires", to appear in Proc. Combust. Inst., 31st Int. Sym., 2006.

Hu, Z., Utiskul, Y., Quintiere, J. G. and Trouvé A., “A comparison between observed and simulated flame structures in poorly ventilated compartment fires”, Fire Safety Science ¬ Proc. Eight International Symposium, International Association for Fire Safety Science, 1193-1204, 2005.

Lenhert, D. B., D. L. Miller and N. P. Cernansky. The Oxidation of JP-8, Jet-A, and Their Surrogates in the Low and Intermediate Temperature Regime at Elevated Pressures. To appear in Combust. Sci. Techn., 2006.

Linteris, G. T.; Gewuerz, L.; McGrattan, K. B.; Forney, G. P. Modeling Solid Sample Burning,
Proc. 8th Int. Sym., International Association for Fire Safety Science, 625-636, 2005.

Linteris, G. T.; Gewuerz, L.; McGrattan, K. B.; Forney, G. P. Modeling Solid Sample Burning. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005, Beijing, China, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, 625-636 pp, 2005. 1817-4299

Manzello, S., Maranghides, A., Mell, W.E.“Firebrand generation from burning vegetation,” in review Int’l J. Wildland Fire

Manzello, S., Cleary, T., Shields, J., Maranghides, A. Mell, W.E., Yang, J. “An Experimental Study on the Ignition of Fuel Beds by Firebrands,” in review, Fire Safety Journal.

Manzello, S. L., D. B. Lenhert, A. Yozgatligil, G. W. Mulholland, M. R. Zachariah and W. Tsang. Soot Size Distributions in a Well Stirred Reactor / Plug Flow Reactor, to appear in Proc. Combust. Inst., 31, 2006.

Manzello, S. L., R. G. Gann, S. R. Kukuck and D. B. Lenhert. Influence of Gypsum Board Type (X or C) on Real Fire Performance of Partition Assemblies. to appear in Fire Mater., 2006.

McGrattan, K. (ed), International Panel Report for Benchmark Exercise #3, NISTIR 7338, October, 2006.

McGrattan, K., Validation and Verification of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications, Volume 7. FDS, Draft NUREG-1824 Draft for Public Comment, July 2006.

McGrattan, K. and Peacock, R. “Validation of Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications,” American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada, June 2006.

McGrattan, K. B.; Bouldin, C.; Forney, G. P. Computer Simulation of the Fires in the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD NIST NCSTAR 1-5F; 164 p. September 2005.

McGrattan, K., “Fire Modeling: Where Are We? Where Are We Going?,” Proc. 8th Int. Sym., International Association for Fire Safety Science, 53-68, 2005.

Mell, W.E., Jenkins, M.A., Gould, J., Cheney, P. “Physics based modeling of grassland fires,” to appear in the Intnl. J. Wildland Fire, 2006.

Mell, W.E., Charner, J., Gould, J., Cheney, P. “Numerical simulations of grassland fire behavior from the LANL-FIRETEC and NIST-WFDS models,” Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing, Springer-Verlag’s Geoscience book series. in review.

Park, W.C., Atreya, A., and Baum, H.R., “Numercial Study of the Thermal Decomposition and Pressure Generation in Charring Solids undergoing Opposed Flow Flame Spread,” to appear in Proc. Combust. Inst., 31st Int. Sym., 2006.

Peacock, R. D.; Jones, W. W.; Reneke, P. A.; Forney, G. P., CFAST: Consolidated Model of Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (Version 6). User's Guide. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD NIST SP 1042; NIST Special Publication 1041.

Prasad, K. and Hamins, A., Fire Structure Interface and the Thermal Response of the World Trade Center Towers, Proceedings of the 4th Int. Workshop, Structures in Fire, Volume 1, Page 499-510, 2006.

Rehm, R.G., “The Effects of Winds from Burning Structures on Ground-Fire Propagation at the Wildland-Urban Interface”, NIST Report GCR 06-892, 31 pp, April 2006,

Rehm, , R.G., “The Effects of Winds from Burning Structures on Ground-Fire Propagation at the Wildland-Urban Interface,” paper submitted to the Canadian Journal of Forest Research, June 2006.

Sun, R., Krueger, S., Jenkins, M.A., Mell, W.E., Charney, J. “An evaluation of the FDS and Clark coupled wildfire model,” to appear Canadian J. Forest Research, 2006.
Manzello, S., Gann, R.G., Kukuck, S.R., Prasad, K., Jones, W.W., “Real fire performance of partition assemblies,” Fire and Materials, 29: 351-366, 2005.

Trouvé, A. and Marshall, A. W. (2006) "CFD-based modeling of combustion and suppression in compartment fires", to be published in "Transport Phenomena in Fires", WIT Press.

Wakatsuki, K.; Jackson, G.; Hamins, A.; Nyden, M. R., Effects of Fuel Absorption on Radiative Heat Transfer in Methanol Pool Fires, to appear in Proc. Combust. Inst., 31st Inct. Sym., 2006.

Williamson, J., McGill, J. and Trouvé A. (2005) "Large eddy simulation modeling of turbulent deflagrations", Fire Safety Science ¬ Proc. 8th Int Sym, International Association for Fire Safety Science, 1375-1388.

 

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