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Fire Growth and Smoke Transport Modeling with CFAST

Running CFAST is relatively simple. All of the parameters that describe a given fire scenario are entered into a text file that is referred to as the "data" or "input" file. While building these files is straightforward, it is often easier and quicker to start with an existing data file and then make the appropriate changes to the input file for the desired scenario.

These set of web pages provide some typical examples of commonly encountered scenarios, which then provide templates for further development. They are listed in order of complexity of the phenomena.

These examples look at the input file structure and key words. All of the actions described can easily be implemented from the GUI. The purpose of discussing the details of the data is to show the implication for each of the phenomena described in the Technical Reference and the User's Guides.

The key words shown in the text do not include the environment variables. They ARE contained in the data files which can be obtained by clicking on the links provided.

CFAST – Consolidated Model of Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (Version 6) Technical Reference Guide, NIST Special Publication 1026 (December 2008 Revision)

CFAST – Consolidated Model of Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (Version 6) User’s Guide, NIST Special Publication 1041 (December 2008 Revision)

CFAST is developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the United States Department of Commerce. CFAST is free software developed through the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by employees of the Federal Government in the course of their official duties. Pursuant to Title 17, Section 105 of the United States Code, this work is not subject to copyright protection and is in the Public Domain.  

NIST assumes no responsibility whatsoever for use by other parties of its source code, documentation or compiled executables, and makes no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other characteristic. See the Disclaimer page for additional information.

 


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