Research Article

The Analysis of the Natural Smoke Filling Times in an Atrium

Table 1

Fire growth rate for 𝑡 -square fires [3].

Fire growth rateValue of 𝛼 (kW/s2)Value of 𝑡 𝑔 (sec)

Slow0.00293600
Medium0.01172300
Fast0.0469150
Ultra fast0.187675