Fire Computer-Simulated Fire Scene Verification of Entertainment Establishments

Abstract:

Entertainment establishments generally have a high volume of visitors and must pay special attention to enhance fire prevention and safety. In the past 30 years, many cases of serious fires have occurred in entertainment establishments in Taiwan, causing numerous casualties and significant property losses. Examples include the fire incidents at the Welcome Restaurant in Taichung City (64 people were dead) and at the Lunch in Restaurant and the Mythology World KTV in Taipei City (33 people were dead). Consequently, fire protection engineering research for entertainment establishments is extremely important. In this study, a specific bar-type entertainment establishment located in Taichung in 2011 was used as the research subject (9 people were dead).Field model-based fire dynamics simulator (FDS) software was used to reconstruct a numerical model for conducting a case study of the fire scene. Changes in the heat transfer, smoke flow, upper layer temperature, and CO concentration were investigated. This study also verified the fire field the evacuation of people. It is hoped that the results can provide a useful reference for fireproofing or prevention projects in similar entertainment establishments.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 372)
• Pages: 630-634
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.372.630
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Cherng Shing Lin, Te Chi Chen, Tai Yi Lee
• Keywords: Fire Protection, Numerical Simulation, Pub, Smoke

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