Research Article

Modified Fire Simulation Curve of Cabin Temperatures in Postcrash Fires for Fire Safety Engineering

Table 3

Input data for the BFD curve.

Input dataValue

Total fire load energy 40000 MJ
Length of the cabin 23.26 m
Width of the cabin 3.75 m
Height of the cabin 2.3 m
Sum of areas of vertical openings 4.6 m2
Weighted mean height of vertical openings 0.8 m
Fire growth coefficient 75 s
Fire decay coefficient 300 s