The design and construction of a vertical wind tunnel for the study of untethered firebrands in flight

Fire Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-100

  Knight, I K ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Spotfire research; Spotting process; Tapered working section; Untethered firebrands; Vertical wind tunnel; Wind tunnel design

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

VERTICAL WIND TUNNEL;

WIND TUNNELS;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT; DESIGN; FIRE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0034759009     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011605719943     Document Type: Article

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6. The design of low speed wind tunnels