Compartment fires: A simple mathematical model

Journal of Applied Fire Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-74

  Gupta, A K ^a   Kumar, Rajiv ^a   Kumar, Surendra ^b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENCLOSURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STOICHIOMETRY;

COMPARTMENT FIRES; HEAT RELEASE RATE; STOICHIOMETRIC RATIO;

FIRES;

EID: 3943063686     PISSN: 10444300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/1WCM-6NPN-E938-A574     Document Type: Article

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