CFD simulations of a tunnel fire - Part I

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-62

  Woodburn, P J ^a,b   Britter, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT RADIATION; KEROSENE; TUNNELS; TURBULENCE; VENTILATION;

LONGITUDINALLY VENTILATED TUNNELS; TUNNEL FIRE; UPSTREAM PROPAGATING SMOKE LAYER LENGTH;

FIRES;

EID: 0030073652     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-7112(96)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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