CFAST
Central Registry Toolbox
Code Version(s): V3.1.7 and 5.0.1
Code Owner:
National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST).
Description: The Consolidated Model
of Fire and Smoke Transport (CFAST) is a computer
program that fire investigators, safety officials,
engineers, architects and builders can use to
simulate the impact of past or potential fires
and smoke in a specific building environment.
CFAST is a two-zone fire model used to predict
the environment in a multi-compartment structure
subjected to a fire. It calculates the time
evolving distribution of smoke and fire gases
and the temperature throughout a building during
a user-specified fire.
Latest News: DOE and NIST have entered
into an interagency agreement to enhance CFAST
based upon the DOE 2004 evaluation performed
and the gap analysis developed (see below).
CFAST will be enhanced to include estimation
of leakage path factors using the multi-factor
formula in DOE Handbook Airborne Release
Fractions/Rates and Respirable Fractions for
Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities (DOE-HDBK-3010-94
Change Notice 1). This enhancement is expected
to be released Summer 2007.
Reports and Publications Related to CFAST:
Note: Non-DOE issued reports and publications
are not endorsed for technical content by DOE.
These reports are provided on this web site
for courtesy to the DOE community.
- Web Site: http://cfast.nist.gov/
- DOE-EH-4.2.1.3-CFAST-Gap Analysis, Software
Quality Assurance Improvement Plan:
CFAST Gap Analysis
- DOE-EH-4.2.1.4-CFAST-Code Guidance,
CFAST Computer Code Application Guidance
for Documented Safety Analysis
- Coutts, D. Allan and Lagdon, Chip,
CFAST
- The Fire Model in the SQA Toolbox for Safety
Analysis, Proceedings of the EFCOG
Safety Analysis Workshop, May 1-6, 2004, Pleasanton,
CA.
This page was last updated on November 12, 2009
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