@article{ref1,
title="Studies on thermal responses of sprinkler heads in atrium buildings with fire field models",
journal="Fire and materials",
year="2001",
author="Yin, R and Chow, Wan Ki",
volume="25",
number="1",
pages="13-19",
abstract="Sprinklers are commonly sited in the high headspace atrium of a building where such systems are required. It was questioned whether sprinkler heads would be activated in the case of a fire. A fire modelling technique was applied to estimate the actuation time of sprinkler heads located in the atrium ceiling. The response time of sprinkler heads to a fire in a shop at a high level adjacent to the atrium roof was calculated. A self-developed FORTRAN code together with the CFD model CFX4.2 were used to simulate the atrium fire environment. The standard k-epsilon model was used with two key parameters, diffusion coefficient and effective Prandtl number tuned. A comparison with some experiments reported in the literature,vas made. Satisfactory agreement between the predicted and measured results was found.<p />",
language="",
issn="0308-0501",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}