Flow and Temperature Structures Induced by Corner Wall Fires

In this paper we present experimental and computational results for relatively small corner fires in scale-model rooms consisting of two side walls and a floor. Cases both with and without a ceiling were considered, and a comparison of experimental data shows a somewhat counter-intuitive result that heat transfer to the walls near the corner is less with the ceiling than without. Numerical simulations were undertaken to attempt to explain this observation, but the results based on simplified models employed in this initial study are not in agreement with experimental findings in this regard.