Investigations on the characteristics of radiative heat transfer in liquid pool fires

Fire Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-345

  Lin, Chih Hung ^a   Ferng, Yuh Ming ^a   Hsu, Wen Shieng ^a   Pei, Bau Shei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Grid resolution; Intermittent flame; Pool fires; Radiative heat flux; Solid angles

Indexed keywords

FLAME SHAPES; GRID RESOLUTION; GRID SIZE; INTERMITTENCY; LIQUID POOL FIRE; POOL FIRES; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RADIATIVE HEAT FLUXES; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; SOLID ANGLE; SPECTRAL BAND; THERMAL RADIATIONS;

FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; LAKES; LIQUIDS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 77952424930     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10694-008-0071-7     Document Type: Article

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