Modeling missile propellant fires in shipboard compartments

There are a number of shipboard situations where the unintentional burning of missile propellant is a concern. Full-scale test programs have investiga ted the phenomena associated with propellant fires. An existing computer fi re model, FAST, was modified to account for fire phenomena specific to miss ile propellant combustion. The modified computer program and the developed missile propellant burning rate algorithm were exercised in blind predictio ns of full-scale tests. Comparisons between the blind predictions and the t est data are presented, (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.