Results from three models compared to full-scale tunnel fires tests

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-49

  Nilsen, A R ^a   Log, T ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

CFD; Fire modelling; Hand models; Tunnel fire

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FIRE MODELING; FIRE TESTS; FULL-SCALE FIRE TESTS; FULL-SCALE TUNNELS; HAND MODEL; SIMPLE MODELING; SMOKE LAYER; TEST-FIRE; THREE MODELS; TUNNEL FIRES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 55949085480     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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