Prediction of fire and smoke propagation in an underwater tunnel

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-95

  Abanto, Juan ^a   Reggio, Marcelo ^a   Barrero, Daniel ^a   Petro, Eddy ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire; Smoke; Tunnel; Ventilation; Visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FIRES; GAS DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SMOKE; VENTILATION;

FIRE DYNAMICS; SMOKE PROPAGATION; UNDERWATER TUNNEL;

TUNNELS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FIRES; GAS DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SMOKE; TUNNELS; VENTILATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIRE; SMOKE; TUNNEL; VENTILATION; VISUALIZATION;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33750217002     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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