Experimental and numerical studies on longitudinal smoke temperature distribution upstream and downstream from the fire in a road tunnel

Journal of Fire Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-43

  Hu, L H ^a   Huo, R ^a   Wang, H B ^a   Yang, R X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Yunnan General Fire Brigade   (China)

Author keywords

Experimental; Numerical; Road tunnel fire; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

CEILINGS; SMOKE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TUNNELS; VENTILATION;

BACK LAYERING LENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; ROAD TUNNEL FIRE;

FIRE HAZARDS;

EID: 33845758956     PISSN: 07349041     EISSN: 15308049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734904107062357     Document Type: Article

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