Development and validation of a physics-based urban fire spread model

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 477-494

  Himoto, Keisuke ^a   Tanaka, Takeyoshi ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

External flame; Fire plume; Fire spread; Firebrand; Urban fire; Zone model

Indexed keywords

FIRES; THERMAL PLUMES;

BUILDING FIRES; CHEMICAL SPECIES; EXTERNAL FLAME; FIRE PLUME; FIRE SPREAD; FIREBRAND; PHYSICS-BASED; URBAN AREAS; URBAN FIRE; ZONE MODELING;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 49649095701     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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