CFD simulations of a tunnel fire - Part II

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-90

  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; FRICTION; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; TUNNELS; TURBULENCE;

LONGITUDINALLY VENTILATED TUNNELS; TUNNEL FIRES;

FIRES;

EID: 0030073798     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-7112(96)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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