TY - JOUR PY - 1984// TI - Modeling fire spread in buildings JO - Fire technology A1 - Elms, D. G. A1 - Buchanan, A. H. A1 - Dusing, J. W. SP - 11 EP - 19 VL - 20 IS - 1 N2 - A computer-based technique for analyzing the spread of fire through a multicompartment building is described. The technique is a comparative tool for evaluating alternative fire protection strategies, and quantifies the economic and safety performance characteristics of a building. Some results are shown of its application to a four-story office building.

LA - SN - 0015-2684 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02390044 ID - ref1 ER -