Fire properties in near field of square fire source with longitudinal ventilation in tunnels

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-340

  Kurioka, Hitoshi ^a   Oka, Yasushi ^b   Satoh, Hiroomi ^a   Sugawa, Osami ^c  

^a KAJIMA TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Flame tilt; Longitudinal forced ventilation; Smoke layer; Tunnel fire

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FLAME RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SMOKE; TUNNELS; VENTILATION;

FIRE PROPERTIES;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 0345382572     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(02)00089-9     Document Type: Article

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