Numerical simulation of the Howard Street Tunnel Fire

Fire Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 273-281

  McGrattan, Kevin ^a   Hamins, Anthony ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire modeling; Howard Street Tunnel fire; Tunnel fires

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; DERAILMENTS; FREIGHT CARS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; RAILROAD TUNNELS; TEMPERATURE; TRAIN FERRIES;

FIRE MODELING; HIGHWAY TUNNEL; TUNNEL FIRES;

FIRES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; DERAILMENTS; FIRES; FREIGHT CARS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; RAILROAD TUNNELS; TEMPERATURE; TRAIN FERRIES;

EID: 33748690312     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10694-006-7506-9     Document Type: Article

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