CFD Fire Modeling: The Inverse Problem Nobody Wants to Solve
Fire safety simulation has a problem that’s easier to describe than to solve: the CFD model needs material properties — thermal conductivity, specific heat, ignition temperature, char oxidation rates — but these properties aren’t available in standard databases for most real materials, and direct measurement is expensive and often impractical. The alternative is to go backwards. You have experimental fire test data. You have a CFD model. Find the material properties that make the model match the experiment. ...