Simulation of airflow in one- and two-room enclosures containing a fire source

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 2690-2703

  Stavrakakis, G M ^a   Markatos, N C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Buoyant turbulent flow; Compartment fires; Computational Fluid Dynamics

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISASTERS; DOORS; FIRES; FLUID DYNAMICS; METHANE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ACCURATE PREDICTIONS; BI-DIRECTIONAL FLOWS; BUOYANCY EFFECTS; BUOYANT-TURBULENT FLOW; COMPARTMENT FIRES; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; DESIGN FACTORS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FIRE PLUMES; HEAT SOURCES; MASS FLOW RATES; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; SPECIFIC LOCATIONS; TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; UPPER LAYERS; VOLUMETRIC HEAT SOURCES;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 63149180498     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.10.046     Document Type: Article

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