Capturing the pulsation frequency of a buoyant pool fire using the large eddy simulation approach

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-576

  Cheung, A L K ^a   Lee, E W M ^a   Yuen, R K K ^a   Yeoh, G H ^b   Cheung, S C P ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; IGNITION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIATION; TURBULENCE;

BUOYANT POOL FIRE; PUFFING EFFECT; PULSATION FREQUENCY; SOOT CHEMISTRY;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 36248938646     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780701678414     Document Type: Article

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