Numerical simulations of full-scale enclosure fires in a small compartment with natural roof ventilation

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 495-511

  Merci, Bart ^a,b   Van Maele, Karim ^b  

^a RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CFD simulations; Compartment fire; Natural ventilation; Zone modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODELS; ROOFS; SMOKE; VENTILATION;

COMPARTMENT FIRES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; HEAT RELEASE; NATURAL VENTILATION; RELEASE RATE; ROOF OPENINGS; SMALL COMPARTMENTS; SMOKE LAYER; SOURCE AREA; ZONE MODELING;

FIRES;

EID: 49649110381     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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