Wind effects on smoke motion and temperature of ventilation-controlled fire in a two-vent compartment

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2521-2526

  Chen, Haixiang ^a   Liu, Naian ^a   Chow, Wanki ^b  

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

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Compartment fire; Post flashover; Smoke; Wind

Indexed keywords

COMPARTMENT FIRE; COMPARTMENT FIRES; CRITICAL VALUE; CRITICAL WIND SPEED; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISE BUILDING; HIGH-RISE BUILDING FIRE; POST-FLASHOVER; SMOKE MOVEMENT; SMOKE TEMPERATURE; STEADY STATE; WIND ENVIRONMENT; WIND SPEED;

AERODYNAMICS; FIRES; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; FLASHOVER; SMOKE; SMOKE ABATEMENT; TALL BUILDINGS; TUNNEL LININGS; VENTS;

WIND EFFECTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; BUOYANCY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HEAT TRANSFER; INDOOR AIR; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; SMOKE; VENTILATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 67651014487     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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