A fully-coupled simulation of vortical structures in a large-scale buoyant pool fire

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2187-2202

  Cheung, Sherman C P ^a   Yeoh, G H ^b,c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buoyant pool fire; Large eddy simulation; Soot radiation; Vortical structures

Indexed keywords

BUOYANT POOL FIRE; COMBUSTION MODEL; DYNAMIC PHENOMENA; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD MODEL; FLAMELETS; FULLY-COUPLED; LAMINAR FLAMELETS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; POOL FIRES; PULSATION FREQUENCY; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SCALAR DISSIPATION; SOOT CHEMISTRY; SOOT RADIATION; SUBGRID SCALE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TIME-AVERAGED VELOCITY; VELOCITY FIELD; VELOCITY-TIME HISTORY; VORTICAL STRUCTURES;

BUOYANCY; COMBUSTION; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; LAKES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; METHANE; SOOT; VORTICITY;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 70349774452     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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