An updated international survey of computer models for fire and smoke

Journal of Fire Protection Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-110

  Olenick, Stephen M ^a   Carpenter, Douglas J ^a  

^a Combust Sci and Engineering Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer fire models; Model database; Model survey; Modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INTERNET; SMOKE;

COMPUTER FIRE MODELS;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 0038630559     PISSN: 10423915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1042391503013002001     Document Type: Review

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