Numerical analysis of thermal plume caused by large-scale fire in urban area

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 261-271

  Shiraishi, Yasuyuki ^a   Kato, Shinsuke ^a   Murakami, Shuzo ^a   Kim, Sangjin ^a   Ooka, Ryozo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Thermal plume; Turbulence model proposed by Mellor Yamada; Urban fire; Wind prediction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; VELOCITY; WIND;

URBAN FIRE; WIND PREDICTION;

THERMAL PLUMES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIRE; PLUME; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL; URBAN AREA; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0032845198     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(99)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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