The Spill Plume in Smoke Control Design

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-46

  Thomas, P H ^a   Morgan, H P ^a   Marshall, N ^a  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data correlation; Dimensional analysis; Smoke control; Spill plume

Indexed keywords

FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; SMOKE CONTROL; SPILL PLUME;

SMOKE DETECTORS;

EID: 0032001270     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(97)00037-4     Document Type: Article

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