Five more days
Posted by Kris on May 21st, 2007
I just spent my last weekend here in Houston - it flew by nicely. And now apparently a week of rain is on its way to see me off.
I’ve been working and studying for the past couple of weeks since school has been out (very peaceful), trying to immerse my mind in Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), differential equations, Fortran, LaTeX, NIST, and the like. I’ve actually been pretty involved with FDS since I got back from the Annual Fire Conference last month, which was amazing and amazingly cold at the same time. It averages 45-50 degrees there right now in Maryland, in MAY. I know. Awesome
In fact, now I will share with you some cool pictures of 3D fire models that I have been working with. Most of them are an attempt to model fire phenomena that I come across in a fire dynamics book that I picked up and recommended for use in the fall Fire Dynamics course here at school.
The first picture shows fire experiments detailing the influence of walls and corners on fire plume height.
This picture shows a water mist sprinkler head and the effects of the smaller droplets on the fire sheet from the burning box below. Tracers are shown for 0.25 seconds and colored based on temperature.
And finally, a picture of when I was checking the air velocity of a ceiling jet, which is the smoke and heat moving to the right along the ceiling.
I am quite excited as there is much work for me to do in the summer.
On another note, I have been reading the NIST undergraduate researchers forum and it seems like many people on there are not too familiar with NIST or even their summer project. For me, Fire Dynamics Simulator is definitely my forté. Fire science, mathematics, technology, etc. I love it. And I like the fact that the people at NIST also really love their work. This is why I will be totally geeked out for this summer deal here: I mean, breakfast is taken care of each morning by the apartment, the place is cleaned twice a week, the wireless internet will beam into my room, and half of my luggage will be my favorite fire science reference books. Sounds fantastic!
Oh, one more thing, I will be purchasing a cheap digital camera and taking along my DV camera to document all kinds of things for you, my readers, and my own historical media library. See you later.
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