Fire modeling: Where are we? Where are we going?

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 53-68

  McGrattan, Kevin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIRES; FLUID DYNAMICS; MODELS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

COMMUNICATION GAPS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; CURRENT SITUATION; FIRE MODELING; FIRE MODELS; FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 63749123651     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.8-53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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