Computational study of longitudinal ventilation control during an enclosure fire within a tunnel

Journal of Fire Protection Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 159-181

  Kang, Kai ^a  

^a HATCH MOTT MACDONALD   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Critical velocity; Enclosure fire; Tunnel fire

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TUNNELS; VENTILATION;

CRITICAL VELOCITY CORRELATION; ENCLOSURE FIRE; TUNNEL FIRE;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 33745836141     PISSN: 10423915     EISSN: 1532172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1042391506056737     Document Type: Article

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