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The aim of this paper is to detail the combustion factor used to calculate the design value of the fire load density in accordance with the European design code. The procedure only states the factor value for the mainly cellulosic materials, like wood, paper, cardboard, naturals fibres (cotton, linen) etc., but it gives no information about other types of fuels, like plastics, flammable liquids, rubber, etc.
Considering the vast types of fuels, for a correct appreciation of the input data used by different fire models, it is necessary to better understand the importance of the combustion coefficient and its appropriate value selection.
The combustion factor directly affects the value of the design fire load density which, in turn, affects the Heat Release Rate. Both parameters are used by different type of natural fire models (like parametric curve, zone models, CFD models) to simulate the fire development and to predict the temperature in the analysed space.
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The aim of this paper is to detail the combustion factor used to calculate the design value of the fire load density in accordance with the European design code. The procedure only states the factor value for the mainly cellulosic materials, like wood, paper, cardboard, naturals fibres (cotton, linen) etc., but it gives no information about other types of fuels, like plastics, flammable liquids, rubber, etc.
Considering the vast types of fuels, for a correct appreciation of the input data used by different fire models, it is necessary to better understand the importance of the combustion coefficient and its appropriate value selection.
The combustion factor directly affects the value of the design fire load density which, in turn, affects the Heat Release Rate. Both parameters are used by different type of natural fire models (like parametric curve, zone models, CFD models) to simulate the fire development and to predict the temperature in the analysed space.

A Short Description Regarding Combustion Factor from Eurocode 1-1-2

“Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi

Bulletin of the Polytechnic Institute of Iași. Machine constructions Section

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The aim of this paper is to detail the combustion factor used to calculate the design value of the fire load density in accordance with the European design...

A Short Description Regarding Combustion Factor from Eurocode 1-1-2

Published Online: Jun 29, 2024

Page range: 37 - 42

Received: Jan 06, 2024

Accepted: Jan 24, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bipcm-2023-0033

Keywords
combustion factor, fire models, fire load density, chemical heat of combustion, net heat of complete combustion

© 2023 Zeno-Cosmin Grigoraş et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

A Short Description Regarding Combustion Factor from Eurocode 1-1-2

Published Online: Jun 29, 2024

Page range: 37 - 42

Received: Jan 06, 2024

Accepted: Jan 24, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bipcm-2023-0033

Keywordscombustion factor, fire models, fire load density, chemical heat of combustion, net heat of complete combustion

© 2023 Zeno-Cosmin Grigoraş et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
combustion factor, fire models, fire load density, chemical heat of combustion, net heat of complete combustion