Cellular confinement of tunnel sections between two air curtains

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3352-3365

  Gupta, Sanjeev ^a   Pavageau, Michel ^a   Elicer Cortés, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bilateral cellular confining; Concentration decay method; Fire safety; Gaseous barriers; Indoor air quality; Parallel twin jets; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

AIR CURTAINS; AIR QUALITY; CHANNEL FLOW; DUCTS; FLOW RATE; JETS; LAMINAR FLOW; LEAKAGE (FLUID); TURBULENT FLOW;

BILATERAL CELLULAR CONFINING; CELLULAR CONFINEMENT; GASEOUS BARRIERS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; PARALLEL TWIN JETS; TUNNEL SECTIONS;

TUNNELS;

AIR CURTAINS; AIR QUALITY; CHANNEL FLOW; DUCTS; FLOW RATE; JETS; LAMINAR FLOW; LEAKAGE (FLUID); TUNNELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

AIR QUALITY; CHANNEL FLOW; JET; LAMINAR FLOW; TUNNEL; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 34247172856     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.08.026     Document Type: Article

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