Search Results - "Meredith, Karl"
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Fire testing methodology to develop solutions for storage and ceiling heights exceeding laboratory limits
Published in Fire safety journal (01-10-2023)“…The maximum ceiling height of the FM Global laboratory is 18.3 m. Therefore, fire protection solutions for warehouses with taller ceilings cannot be directly…”
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Application of a subgrid soot-radiation model in the numerical simulation of a heptane pool fire
Published in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2015)“…Predictions of temperature, soot volume fraction and incident radiant flux are presented from large-eddy simulations of a medium-scale heptane pool fire. A…”
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Temperature and velocity distributions from numerical simulations of ceiling jets under unconfined, inclined ceilings
Published in Fire safety journal (01-07-2017)“…Numerical simulations of ceiling jets under unconfined, inclined ceilings were conducted with the open-source code FireFOAM. A range of ceiling inclinations,…”
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Large-scale fire suppression modeling of corrugated cardboard boxes on wood pallets in rack-storage configurations
Published in Fire safety journal (01-07-2017)“…In this study, the fire growth and suppression models in FireFOAM were validated for rack-storage commodities consisting of two solid fuels, namely corrugated…”
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Nongray models for radiative absorption and anisotropic scattering by water droplets in fire CFD simulations
Published in Fire safety journal (01-03-2021)“…An efficient wide band radiation model is developed for absorption and scattering by water droplets in fires. The model applies eight spectral bands that…”
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Laser-induced ignition modeling of HMX
Published in Combustion and flame (01-02-2015)“…The laser-induced ignition response of HMX has been investigated using a detailed numerical model. The model is one-dimensional, fully transient, and solves…”
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Considerations for Fast Cook-Off Simulations
Published in Propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics (01-12-2016)“…Various aspects of fast cook‐off simulations are explored with a spatially one‐dimensional, fully transient numerical model. The model is applied to HMX and…”
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Fast cook-off modeling of HMX
Published in Combustion and flame (01-09-2015)“…The transient behavior of confined HMX in response to an external heat flux has been simulated using a detailed kinetic model. The model is spatially…”
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Modeling of flame extinction/re-ignition in oxygen-reduced environments
Published in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2019)“…The present work aims to evaluate a flame extinction/re-ignition model that considers the interaction of the non-premixed flame with flow turbulence…”
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A comprehensive model for simulating the interaction of water with solid surfaces in fire suppression environments
Published in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2013)“…A novel framework for sprinkler-based fire suppression modeling has been developed that includes detailed interaction of water with solid surfaces. This model…”
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An experimental study of fire growth and suppression of roll paper at small scales
Published in Fire safety journal (01-07-2017)“…This study investigates roll paper fire using laboratory-scale experiments, with emphasis on water transport on burning surfaces for sprinkler suppression…”
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Modeling of flame extinction/re-ignition in oxygen-reduced environments
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Experimental investigation and inverse modeling of the flammability behavior of cartoned plastic commodity
Published in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2017)“…This work focuses on developing a complementary experimental and modeling approach to investigate and predict the burning behavior of cartoned unexpanded…”
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Large-scale fire suppression modeling of corrugated cardboard boxes on wood pallets in rack-storage configurations
Published in Fire safety journal (01-07-2017)“…In this study, the fire growth and suppression models in FireFOAM were validated for rack-storage commodities consisting of two solid fuels, namely corrugated…”
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Ignition modeling of HMX in laser-induced and fast-cookoff environments
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Ignition modeling of HMX in laser -induced and fast -cookoff environments
Published 01-01-2003“…HMX is a nitramine that is used in solid rocket propellant and high explosives. The combustion of HMX has been studied for many years. It's transient behavior…”
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