Energy balance in a large compartment fire

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 180-188

  Hamins, Anthony ^a   Johnsson, Erik ^a   Donnelly, Michelle ^a   Maranghides, Alexander ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment fire; Energy balance; Fire experiments; Model validation

Indexed keywords

FIRES; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

HEAT RELEASE RATE; LARGE COMPARTMENT FIRE;

ENERGY BALANCE;

EID: 41549158346     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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