Numerical studies on atrium smoke movement and control with validation by field tests

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1150-1155

  Chow, W K ^a   Li, S S ^b   Gao, Y ^b   Chow, C L ^a,c  

^a Department of Building Services Engineering   (Hong Kong)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrium smoke; Computational fluid dynamics; Field tests; Validation

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FIRES; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MODELS; SMOKE; SMOKE ABATEMENT; TESTING;

AIR FLOW PATTERNS; AIR TEMPERATURES; ATRIUM HOT SMOKE TESTS; ATRIUM SMOKE; ENGINEERING PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; FIELD MODELS; FIELD TESTS; FIRE CODES; FIRE DYNAMICS SIMULATORS; FIRE ENVIRONMENTS; FIRE FIELD MODELS; FIRE MODELS; HAZARD ASSESSMENTS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGIES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURES; RAPID ADVANCEMENTS; SMOKE LAYERS; SMOKE MOVEMENTS; VALIDATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SMOKE;

EID: 60249090685     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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