OMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INTEGRAL
AND FIELD METHODS OF CALCULATING THE HEAT
AND MASS TRANSFER IN A FIRE WITHIN A BUILDING

A. V. Puzach

UDC 614.841.46:643.5

Integral and field models of calculating the heat and 
mass transfer in a fire within a building have been considered. The 
parameters of a model fire within a building, calculated by the methods 
proposed, were compared. The range of reliable use of the integral 
model has been determined.

Academy of State Fire-Prevention Service, Ministry of 
Extraordinary Situations, Moscow, Russia; email: puzachsv@rambler.ru. 
Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 2, pp. 
99-108, March-April, 2006. Original article submitted September 
14, 2004.