Compartment fires: CALTREE and cross-ventilation

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1549-1567

  Kumar, Rajiv ^a   Naveen, M ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

CALTREE; Compartment fire; Cross ventilation; Single vent; Zone model

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; COMBUSTION; FLOW OF GASES; KEROSENE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VENTILATION;

COMPARTMENT FIRE; CROSS-VENTILATION; SINGLE VENT; ZONE MODELS;

FIRES;

EID: 34547257180     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200701202676     Document Type: Article

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