Citation

Quintiere JG. Fire Technol. 1988; 24(4): 333-352.

Affiliation

U. S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, 20899 Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF01040048

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The ability to predict aspects of fire and its impact on a building's structure, contents, and people is discussed in terms of its application to safety design. It is presented from the perspective of how research has addressed the prediction of fire phenomena. A review of the state of the art on the capability for predicting the fire, its impact and response, is given. Examples are cited to illustrate the scope and accuracy of predictive methods and how they are being incorporated into some codes and standards.