Evaluation of optimization schemes and determination of solid fuel properties for CFD fire models using bench-scale pyrolysis tests

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 2599-2606

  Chaos, Marcos ^a   Khan, Mohammed M ^a   Krishnamoorthy, Niveditha ^a   De Ris, John L ^a   Dorofeev, Sergey B ^a  

^a FM GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire Propagation Apparatus; Material properties; Optimization algorithms; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; CORRUGATED BOARDS; EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRE MODELING; FIRE MODELS; FIRE PROPAGATION; INPUT PARAMETER; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION SCHEME; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PRACTICAL MATERIALS; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PYROLYSIS MODEL; SHUFFLED COMPLEX EVOLUTION; SINGLE-WALL; SOLID FUELS; SYNTHETIC DATA; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRUGATED PAPERBOARD; FIRES; FUELS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

PYROLYSIS;

EID: 79251619368     PISSN: 15407489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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