Plume equations for studying smoke-filling process in atria with a zone model

Fire and Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 235-244

  Chow, W K ^a   Cui, E ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING COMPONENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SMOKE; THERMAL PLUMES;

ATRIUM BUILDINGS; FIRST FIRE ZONE MODEL;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 0031222615     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199709/10)21:5<235::AID-FAM615>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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