Numerical simulation of backdraft phenomena

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 200-209

  Horvat, Andrej ^a   Sinai, Yehuda ^a  

^a ANSYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Backdraft; CFD; Deflagration; Fire; Gravity current; Ignition

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; GRAVITY WAVES; IGNITION;

BACKDRAFT; COMBUSTION MODELS; DEFLAGRATION; DETACHED EDDY SIMULATION (DES); LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES);

FIRES;

EID: 34247237917     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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