A numerical study of the interaction of water spray with a fire plume

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 631-657

  Hua, Jinsong ^a   Kumar, Kurichi ^a   Khoo, Boo Cheong ^b   Xue, Hong ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire plume; Simulation; Two phase flow; Water spray

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SPRAYING; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER;

FIRE PLUMES; FLOW RATE;

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS;

EID: 0036805111     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(02)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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