Application of computational fluid dynamics: Fire safety awareness for gas station in dense urban areas with wind effects

Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference 2004, HT/FED 2004

Volumn 2 B, Issue , 2004, Pages 1187-1195

  Chow, W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIRES; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; TURBULENT FLOW;

AIR MOTION; DENSE URBAN AREAS; FIRE SAFETY AWARENESS; GAS STATIONS;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 21544484052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ht-fed2004-56699     Document Type: Conference Paper

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