Numerical simulation of thermal plumes in free space using the standard k-ε model

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-129

  Hara, Tetsuo ^a   Kato, Shinsuke ^b  

^a TAISEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFD; Free space; Mesh network; Smoke movement; Standard k model; Thermal plume

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SMOKE; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; WALL FLOW;

FLOW RATES; SMOKE MOVEMENT;

THERMAL PLUMES;

EID: 0346338442     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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