2. Tool evaluation

2.1 Guide documents

Numerical models applied to fire are complex, involving a wide variety of simultaneous physical and chemical phenomena. Specific documents have therefore been developed for their validation.

The first documents relating to tool validation are mainly ASTM E 1355 (Standard Guide for Evaluating the Predictive Capability of Deterministic Fire Models). This standard is a generic guide providing a methodology for evaluating the predictive capability of a fire model for a specific purpose. The intention is to cover the whole range of deterministic numerical models that can be used to assess the effects of fire in and on structures. The methodology is presented in four evaluation areas:

• definition of...