This discipline include the use of  mathematical models to:

• calculate the development of fires in order to determine heat loads, spread of flame and smoke production
  
• calculate fire scenarios offshore, on board vessels and also in building materials.
  
• estimates of rates of development of fires on the basis of materials and fuels, geometries and ventilation
  
• estimates of smoke diffusion in order to determine levels of personnel exposure
  
• modelling at several technical levels depending on approach desired, and development and modification of suitable models

Example of key projects:

• Integrated analysis of steel and aluminium structures exposed to fire
• Deluge systems as a fire safety design parameter.

The following handbook written in Norwegian may be of help to learn more about fire and analyses or calculations:

Håndbok i Branntekniske Analyser og -Beregningerby Opstad. K, Stensaas, J. P., SINTEF Bygg og Miljøteknikk - Norges branntekniske laboratorium, Trondheim 1998.

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