Experimental study on cross-ventilation compartment fire in the wind environment

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 907-918

  Chen, Haixiang ^a   Liu, Naian ^a   Zhang, Linhe ^a   Deng, Zhihua ^a   Huang, Hong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compartment fire; Cross ventilation; External flame; Wind

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTIBLE GAS; COMPARTMENT FIRES; CROSS VENTILATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXTERNAL FLAME; FIRE SEVERITY; FIRE SPREAD; GAS TEMPERATURE PROFILE; HIGH RISE BUILDING; MATRIX; N-HEPTANES; OXYGEN SUPPLYING; POST-FLASHOVER; SMOKE MOVEMENT; WIND ENVIRONMENT; WIND SPEED; WIND VELOCITIES;

TALL BUILDINGS; THERMOCOUPLES; VENTILATION; WIND EFFECTS;

FIRES;

EID: 67651013376     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.9-907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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