Compartment fire phenomena under limited ventilation

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-390

  Utiskul, Yunyong ^a   Quintiere, James G ^a   Rangwala, Ali S ^a   Ringwelski, Brian A ^a   Wakatsuki, Kaoru ^a   Naruse, Tomohiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compartment fires; Flame extinction; Limited ventilation; Low ventilation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FIRES; HEAT TRANSFER; HEPTANE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPARTMENT FIRES; FLAME EXTINCTION; LIMITED VENTILATION; LOW VENTILATION;

VENTILATION;

EID: 18144431765     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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