Performance based design (PBD) is becoming increasingly popular for designing structures that would not be possible using prescriptive- based codes. To effectively use PBD, engineers need to have access to engineering tools that can predict how a structure would be affected in fire scenarios. Building on previous work, 27 full scale fire tests were performed in attempt to determine a method to account for the effect of a single sprinkler on fire induced doorway flows. A new engineering tool was developed based on integrating the superposition of mass flux profiles in the doorway for both fire-only and sprinkler-only conditions. The results of this study are a first step to being able to predict the effect of a sprinkler on fire induced doorway flows from a compartment.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Adams, Valerie Lynn
• Adams, Valerie
• Southard, Steven J
• Su, Chang

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-092410-113546

Advisor

• Dembsey, Nicholas A.

Year

• 2010

Sponsor

• Tyco Fire Suppression and Building Products

Date created

• 2010-09-24

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Management Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright