Citation

Quintiere JG. Fire Safety J. 1989; 15(1): 3-29.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

The principles for scaling fire phenomena are examined from the dimensionless groups derived from the governing differential equations. A review of the literature shows examples of where correlations have been successfully developed for a wide range of fire phenomena in terms of the significant dimensionless groups. Scaling techniques based on Froude modeling, pressure modeling and analog modeling are described and illustrated. The use of small geometric models ranging from fire plumes to enclosure fires are illustrated by many examples.