Numerical investigation of smoke exhaust mechanism in a gymnasium under fire scenarios

Building and Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1203-1213

  Qin, T X ^a   Guo, Y C ^a   Chan, C K ^b   Lin, W Y ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fire; Large space building; Smoke exhaust method; Smoke filling process

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRASEODYMIUM; SMOKE; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

LARGE SPACE BUILDING; SMOKE EXHAUST METHOD; SMOKE FILLING PROCESS;

GYMNASIUMS;

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; GYMNASIUMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRASEODYMIUM; SMOKE; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

SMOKE; SPORTS FACILITY;

EID: 33645953683     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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