Numerical simulation of fire-induced flow through a stairwell

Building and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-194

  Qin, T X ^a   Guo, Y C ^a   Chan, C K ^b   Lau, K S ^b   Lin, W Y ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fire induced flow; Large eddy simulation; Stairwell

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE PROTECTION; FLOORS; GAS CONDENSATES; NUMERICAL METHODS; SMOKE ABATEMENT; STAIRS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FIRE-INDUCED FLOW; GROUND FLOORS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS; STAIRWELLS;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 4744370319     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.07.011     Document Type: Article

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