The development of a CFD based simulator for water mist fire suppression systems: The development of the fire submodel

Journal of Applied Fire Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-345

  Mawhinney, R N ^a   Grandison, A J ^a   Galea, E R ^a   Patel, M K ^a   Ewer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLAME RETARDANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FIRE DETECTION AND SUPPRESSION SIMULATION (FIREDASS); WATER MIST FIRE SUPPRESED SYSTEM;

FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033277633     PISSN: 10444300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/l07v-kgdd-kupj-d397     Document Type: Article

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