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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fire Saf J. 2020;111:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2019.102930.

Table 5:

A comparison of experimental and predicted temperatures at four times for Test 1.

Testl
Mid Web Temperatures in C (% diff in absolute scale (K))
Time, min Exp (A) ANSYS (A) % diff Exp(C) ANSYS (C) % diff Exp (1) ANSYS (1) % diff Exp(E) ANSYS (E) % diff
30 331 285 −7.7 299 289 −1.7 320 285 −5.8 332 280 −8.6
60 647 626 −2.2 656 633 −2.4 618 625 0.7 621 617 −0.4
90 792 820 3.5 846 826 −1.8 770 817 4.5 775 811 3.4
120 929 934 899 927 2.4 933 923 −0.9
Bot Chord
Time, min Exp (A) ANSYS (A) % diff Exp(C) ANSYS (C) % diff Exp(l) ANSYS (1) % diff Exp(E) ANSYS (E) % diff
30 245 237 −1.7 180 200 4.5 172 198 5.8 195 229 7.4
60 565 578 1.5 477 502 3.4 417 498 11.7 461 561 13.6
90 752 782 2.9 747 709 −3.7 628 704 8.5 735 765 3.0
120 929 903 −2.1 841 781 838 5.3 768 889 11.6
Top Chord
Time, min Exp (A) ANSYS (A) % diff Exp(C) ANSYS (C) % diff Exp (1) ANSYS (1) % diff Exp(E) ANSYS (E) % diff
30 92 97 1.3 100 101 0.5 86 102 4.3 132 100 −7.9
60 209 1% −2.7 203 169 203 7.5 151
90 382 278 284 254 284 5.8 282
120 574 348 353 336 353 2.8 351