A simplified calculation method on maximum smoke temperature under the ceiling in subway station fires

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 490-496

  Ji, J ^a,b   Zhong, W ^d   Li, K Y ^a,c   Shen, X B ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Huo, R ^a  

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

^b State Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Built Environment   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ceiling jet; Fire; Smoke; Station; Subway; Temperature

Indexed keywords

END-WALL; FIRE ENGINEERING; SIMPLIFIED CALCULATION METHOD; SMALL-SCALE EXPERIMENT; SMOKE TEMPERATURE; STATION; SUBWAY STATION FIRE;

CEILINGS; FIRES; RAILROADS; SUBWAY STATIONS; UNDERPASSES;

SMOKE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SMOKE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TUNNEL DESIGN;

EID: 79952244427     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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