CFD-aided tenability assessment of railway tunnel train fire scenarios

International Journal of Ventilation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-217

  Liu, Yunlong ^a   Liu, Xijuan ^a   Paroz, Bradley ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Railway; Smoke management; Train fire; Tunnel ventilation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; RAILROADS; TUNNELS;

FIRE DYNAMICS SIMULATOR (FDS); RAILWAY; SMOKE MANAGEMENT; TRAIN FIRE; TUNNEL VENTILATION;

VENTILATION;

EID: 33748302992     PISSN: 14733315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733315.2006.11683738     Document Type: Article

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