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Negative pressure in a fully enclosed compartment #13001

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As stated in the FDS Technical Reference Guide, FDS uses the Ideal Gas Law as the Equation of State:

PV = n R T

If you have a sealed compartment then V (volume) is constant, the gas constant R is constant, and n (moles of gas) is constant. What happens to P (pressure) if T (temperature) decreases?

When looking at pressure outputs make sure you understand what quantity you are looking at. Some pressure outputs are total pressure (i.e. 101 kPa at t=0) and some outputs are the perturbation pressure (0 kPa at t=0).

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