Development and validation of corridor flow submodel for CFAST

Journal of Fire Protection Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 139-162

  Bailey, J L ^a   Forney, G P ^b   Tatem, P A ^a   Jones, W W ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire modeling; Full scale experiment; Model validation; Smoke movement

Indexed keywords

FIRE RESISTANCE; GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SMOKE DETECTORS;

CORRIDOR FLOW SUBMODEL; ESCAPE TIME; SMOKE MOVEMENT;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 0036705713     PISSN: 10423915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10423910260620473     Document Type: Article

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