Chapter 7 in the book:
The Dalmarnock Fire Tests: Experiments and Modelling, Edited by G. Rein, C. Abecassis Empis and R. Carvel, Published by the School of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9557497-0-4The post-flashover Fire Test One of a furnished room in Dalmarnock provides a wealth of
information including measurements in both the gas phase and on compartment
boundaries (Chapter 3). Total heat fluxes at a number of locations in the room were
obtained together with gas flow velocities at all major openings. Materials involved
comprised thermally-thick and thermally-thin elements including ceilings, internal and
external walls and small length-scale members. This chapter presents the spatial
distribution of heat fluxes within the compartment and uses the data to validate an
analytical model developed to act as an interface between the gas-phase fire environment
and the solid-phase structural elements using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based
approach. It is anticipated that the output of such a model can be used on a larger stage
to conduct a structural analysis
