Numerical simulation of the spread of smoke in an atrium under fire scenario

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-65

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

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atrium; Fire; Smoke exhaust method; Smoke filling process

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATRIUM; FIRE; FIRE DYNAMICS SIMULATOR; SMOKE EXHAUST METHOD; SMOKE FILLING PROCESS;

FIRES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SMOKE;

EID: 51449103378     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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