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Numerical simulation of fire and smoke transport for an old-style apartment fire
C.S. Lin, T.C. Chen, C.C. Yu,M.E. Wu, Y.H. Tu1
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan 320, ROC
Structural Longevity 2009, 1(3), 155-162. https://doi.org/10.3970/sl.2009.001.155
Abstract
Most old apartments in Taiwan lack fire prevention equipment, making fire awareness and escape difficult, as well as timely fire fighting, which leads
to increased death tolls from fire incidents. This research utilizes Fire Dynamics
Simulator (FDS) software to analyze and simulate the fire accident that occurred
in a single old-style five-story apartment on Siu-Lang Road, Chung-Ho City. In
this event, many occupant vehicles were parked at the front door of the apartment
building or in nearby parking lanes. The fire engine can only drive in after vehicles
were cleared from the fire area, a situation that delayed emergency fire rescue and
resulted in the casualty (1 dead and 7 injured). The computer simulation calculates
the distribution of temperature field and smoke field at the fire scene, and is in reasonable agreement with the post report provided by the fire department and media.
This study also reestablishes the original fire scenario for fire identification, analyzing the room temperature changes and Carbon Monoxide (CO) concentration field
of the primitive fire scene. The simulation results provide parameters that influence
personal escape, and suggestions to avoid future unfortunate events.
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Lin, C., Chen, T., Yu, C., Wu, M., Tu, Y. (2009). Numerical simulation of fire and smoke transport for an old-style apartment fire.
Structural Longevity, 1(3), 155–162.