Design,Construction,and Evaluation of a Small-Scale Fire Research Wind Tunnel,

摘要

A small scale fire research facility has been designed and constructed to provide appparatus with which data could be obtained for the proposal and evaluation of basic models of radiation,turbulence,and combustion processes in fire situations. The facility was designed to be as versatile as possible in order to permit the geometrical configuration to be modified with a minimum of difficulty. The basic apparatus was a wind tunnel constructed such that its aspect ratios could be varied. Velocity and temperature probes were constructed to provide the appropriate profiles at various locations in the tunnel test section. Mean velocity and temperature profiles were taken at various wind tunnel test section cross-sections to evaluate tunnel performance and operating characteristics.