CFD fire simulation using mixture fraction combustion and finite volume radiative heat transfer

Journal of Fire Protection Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-36

  Floyd, J E ^a   McGrattan, K B ^b   Hostikka, S ^c   Baum, H R ^b  

^a JENSEN HUGHES   (United States)

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

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Fire simulation; Mixture fraction; Radiation heat transfer

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; SMOKE;

MIXTURE FRACTION COMBUSTION;

FIRES;

EID: 0037947393     PISSN: 10423915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1042391503013001002     Document Type: Article

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