Use of air-handling equipment to manage smoke movement during a high-rise fire

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 115 PART 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 165-181

  Black, W Z ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR CONDITIONING; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; FIRES; FLOORS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; PRESSURIZATION; TALL BUILDINGS;

AIR HANDLING EQUIPMENTS; CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE; DIRECT COMBUSTION; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS; MOMENTUM BALANCES; PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM; STATIC PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS;

SMOKE;

EID: 70449468996     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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