A numerical study of external smoke spread in designated refuge floor

Building and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 257-268

  Lo, Siu Ming ^a   Chen, Dahong ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Kit ^a   Lu, Weizhen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Numerical simulation; Refuge floor; Smoke spread

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FIRE PROTECTION; FLOORS; SMOKE ABATEMENT;

DESIGNATED REFUGE FLOOR;

INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

EMERGENCY PLAN; FIRE; SMOKE;

EID: 0036498287     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(01)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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