Evaluation of the field model, fire dynamics simulator, for a specific experimental scenario

Journal of Fire Protection Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-92

  Zou, G W ^a   Chow, W K ^b  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Flashover fires; Large eddy simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; FLASHOVER; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FIRE DYNAMICS SIMULATOR; FLASHOVER FIRES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 19744371839     PISSN: 10423915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1042391505047304     Document Type: Article

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