Experimental studies on natural smoke filling in atrium due to a shop fire

Building and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1185-1193

  Huo, R ^a   Chow, W K ^b   Jin, X H ^a   Li, Y Z ^a   Fong, N K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fire plume; Retail shop; Smoke filling; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FILLING; FIRE HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATRIUM; FULL-SCALE BURNING TESTS; NATURAL SMOKE FILLING; SHOP FIRE;

SMOKE;

INDOOR AIR; SMOKE; VENTILATION;

EID: 20544458771     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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