TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Nonlinear dynamics of flashover in compartment fires
JO  - Fire safety journal
A1  - Bishop, SR
A1  - Holborn, PG
A1  - Beard, Alan N.
A1  - Drysdale, DD
SP  - 11
EP  - 45
VL  - 21
IS  - 1
N2  - Flashover is a phenomenon whereby a room fire undergoes a rapid increase in size and intensity. Such a transition is suggestive of a nonlinear process. We therefore seek to apply modern geometrical and computational techniques of nonlinear dynamics to a simplified model of fire growth to investigate flashover and other instabilities occuring in compartment fires. We present here a simplified model of fire growth in a compartment and conduct a preliminary analysis of the dynamics exhibited, in terms of both transient simulations and quasi-steady evolution manifolds, for variations in controlling parameters.<p />
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SN  - 0379-7112
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -