Fire experiments in a wooden compartment

The project involves conducting small-scale compartment fire experiments to study the influence of flames on the walls of the internal fluid dynamics. To isolate this effect from other phenomena associated with wood combustion (such as pyrolysis, thermal degradation, and back-coupling of solid fuel), the compartment's side surfaces will be replaced with controlled burners that generate flames adhering to the walls.

Using this configuration, detailed measurements of the velocity and temperature fields inside the compartment will be taken, allowing for the characterization of the flow structure, thermal stratification, and recirculation patterns induced by the side flames. The ultimate goal is to quantify how the presence of flames on vertical surfaces modifies the flow dynamics and thermal distribution of the fire, providing a controlled experimental basis for the development and validation of physical and numerical models of fires in wood compartments.