Validation of Fire/Smoke Spread Model (CFAST) using Ex-USS SHADWELL Internal ShipConflagration Control (ISCC) Fire Tests

摘要

This report compares predictions from the Consolidated Fire Growth and SmokeTransport (CFAST) fire model to data from real scale fire tests conducted onboard ex-USS SHADWELL, the Navy's RD Damage Control Platform. The phenomenon of particular interest in this validation is the conduction of heat in the vertical direction, which was recently added to CFAST in the ongoing effort to develop a fire model which is suitable to the Navy's needs. The validation focused on four compartments which were vertically aligned. The temperatures of the four compartments and the decks between them were compared with model predictions. Predictions compared reasonably well with experimental results for the fire compartment (bottom compartment) as well as for the deck and compartment directly above it. The model overpredicted the temperatures of the compartments and decks not directly adjacent to the fire compartment.