We develop a Python script that can adjust a given value in an FDS input file. This is expanded upon with a simple procedure, to automatically determine the surface temperature of a cone calorimeter heating element to reach a specific radiative heat flux at a device.
This mimics the calibration procedure of a cone calorimeter apparatus (ISO 5660-1).
The &GEOM namelist is introduced into the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), to enable creating unstructured geometries. More details are provided in the FDS User's Guide in chapter "7.3 Creating Unstructured Geometry".
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Links to Babrauskas' report:
https://www.nist.gov/publications/development-cone-calorimeter-bench-scale-heat-release-rate-apparatus-based-oxygen
https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/IR/nbsir82-2611.pdf
Link to standards:
ISO 5660-1: Reaction-to-fire tests, Part 1: Heat release rate
https://www.iso.org/standard/57957.html
ISO 5660-1: Prüfungen zum Brandverhalten von Baustoffen, Teil 1: Wärmefreisetzungsrate
https://www.beuth.de/de/norm/iso-5660-1/233235671
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) homepage
https://pages.nist.gov/fds-smv/
BlenderFDS homepage:
https://blenderfds.org/
Blender homepage:
https://www.blender.org/
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