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:
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Bibliography
- (1) - BENEFEU – Benefits of fire safety engineering in the EU - The potential benefits of fire safety engineering in the European Union. - EC CONTRACT EDT/01/503480 http://www.warringtonfire.net/registered/Benefeu%20Report.pdf...
Software tools
ALOFT-FT – A Large Outdoor Fire plume Trajectory model – Flat Terrain. NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithesburg, MD, USA http://fire.nist.gov/aloft/
CFAST – Consolidated Model of Fire and Smoke Transport. NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithesburg, MD, USA
Websites
International survey of Computer models for fire and smoke. Combustion Science and Engineering, Inc. http://www.firemodelsurvey.com/
Events
Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) "Performance-based codes" conference, every two years http://www.sfpe.org
International Association of Fire Safety Science's International Symposium of Fire Safety Science, held every four years http://www.iafss.org
Standards and norms
- Fire safety engineering – General principles - NF ISO 23932 - 2009
- Standard Guide for Evaluating the Predictive Capability of Deterministic Fire Models - ASTM E1355 - 2011
- Fire safety engineering – Evaluation, verification and validation of calculation methods - NF ISO 16730 - 2008
- Software engineering – Software product quality requirements and evaluation (SQuaRE) – SquaRE Guide - ISO/CEI 25000...
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Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
The International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) http://www.iafss.org
Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) http://sfpe.org
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