Using the Harvard Fire Simulation

Abstract

Use of the Harvard Fire Simulation during the winter and spring of 1982 for the modelling of some Japanese fire situations was summarized for the May 1982 meeting of the Joint United States-Japan Panel on Fire Research. This paper is based on that summary.
Enrichments to the "official" level V version of the Harvard fire simulation are discussed. These included interlayer mixing in the vicinity of vents and its effect on the room heat balance, and the inclusion of a wall burning algorithm as an option of the simulation. With these additions, the Harvard V model more closely simulates important phenomena in a burning room in the later stages of fire growth.