Using fire dynamic simulation (FDS) to reconstruct an arson fire scene

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1036-1045

  Shen, Tzu Sheng ^a   Huang, Yu Hsiang ^b   Chien, Shen Wen ^a  

^a CENTRAL POLICE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taoyuan County Fire Department   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

FDS; Fire investigation; Fire scene reconstruction; Fire simulation; Parallel processing

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; FIRES; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SMOKE; VENTILATION;

FIRE DEVELOPMENT; FIRE DYNAMIC SIMULATION; SMOKE MOVEMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIRES; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SMOKE; VENTILATION;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE; RECONSTRUCTION; VENTILATION;

EID: 38849176000     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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