The critical ventilation velocity in tunnel fires - A computer simulation

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-244

  Hwang, C C ^a   Edwards, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Critical ventilation velocity; Froude modeling; Large eddy simulation; Stratified flow; Tunnel Fire

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SMOKE; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

CRITICAL VENTILATION VELOCITY; FROUDE MODELING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TUNNEL FIRES;

FIRES;

EID: 17444401324     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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