Correlation of temperature rise and velocity along an inclined fire plume axis in crosswinds

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 391-400

  Oka, Yasushi ^a   Sugawa, Osami ^b   Imamura, Tomohiko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crosswind; Inclined fire plume

Indexed keywords

FIRES; THERMAL PLUMES;

CALM CONDITIONS; CROSSWIND; EMPIRICAL COEFFICIENTS; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; FIRE PLUME; INCLINED FIRE PLUME; PROPANE BURNERS; TEMPERATURE RISE;

VELOCITY;

EID: 45449090435     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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