@article{ref1,
title="Estimating the environment and the response of sprinkler links in compartment fires with draft curtains and fusible link-actuated ceiling vents--Theory",
journal="Fire safety journal",
year="1990",
author="Cooper, Leonard Y.",
volume="16",
number="2",
pages="137-163",
abstract="The physical basis and associated mathematical model for estimating the fire-generated environment and the response of sprinkler links in well-ventilated compartment fires with draft curtains and fusible link-actuated ceiling vents is developed. Complete equations and assumptions are presented. Phenomena taken into account include: the flow dynamics of the upward-driven, buoyant fire plume; growth of the elevated-temperature smoke layer in the curtained compartment; the flow of smoke from the layer to the outside through open ceiling vents; the flow of smoke below curtain partitions to building spaces adjacent to the curtained space of fire origin; continuation of the fire plume in the upper layer; heat transfer to the ceiling surface and the thermal response of the ceiling as a function of radial distance from the point of plume-ceiling impingement; the velocity and temperature distribution of plume-driven near-ceiling flows and the response of near-ceiling-deployed fusible links as functions of distance below the ceiling and distance from plume-ceiling impingement.The theory presented here is the basis of a user-friendly computer program, LAVENT, which is supported by a user guide and which can be used to study parametrically a wide range of relevant fire scenarios.<p />",
language="",
issn="0379-7112",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}