CFD fire simulations with four turbulence models and their combinations

Journal of Fire Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-239

  Chow, Wan Ki ^a   Mok, Wai Kuen ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FIRES; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

FIRE SIMULATIONS; MIXED TURBULENCE MODEL SYSTEM;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033123734     PISSN: 07349041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073490419901700305     Document Type: Article

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