Fire, as a process, involves combustion reaction between species, fluid dynamics and heat transfer. Properly controlled, it provides one of the most important sources of energy. When it escapes the control, fire has a potential to cause a wide spread destruction.
The lecture presents fundamentals of fire dynamics modelling. It briefly describes different modelling principles, and their advantages. Quality control parameters associated with simulation analyses are outlined in the validation and verification section. Different aspects of general and specialized CFD tools are also discussed and compared. Some of more complex fire scenarios are then used to evaluate performance of Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) and ANSYS simulation tools.

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• Presentation slides (2017/10/15)