Two-zone fire growth and smoke movement model for multi-compartment buildings

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 257-285

  Fu, Zhuman ^a   Hadjisophocleous, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; ALGORITHMS; BUILDINGS; COMBUSTION; ENTHALPY; FLAME RESEARCH; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SMOKE;

MASS CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; STEFENSON ACCELERATION METHOD;

FIRES;

EID: 0033732497     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(99)00045-4     Document Type: Article

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