Calculating combined buoyancy- and pressure-driven flow through a shallow, horizontal, circular vent: Application to a problem of steady burning in a ceiling-vented enclosure

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-35

  Cooper, L Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMBUSTION; FLAME RESEARCH; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VENTS;

CEILING VENTED ENCLOSURES; PRESSURE DRIVEN FLOW;

FIRES;

EID: 0030182694     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(96)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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