Flame Properties with Longitudinal Ventilation in a Tunnel Fire -In Case of Flames without Touching Tunnel Ceiling-

Bulletin of Japan Association for Fire Science and Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 55-66

  Oka, Yasushi ^a   Kurioka, Hitoshi ^b   Satoh, Hiroomi ^b   Sugawa, Osami ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAJIMA TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

apparent flame height; flame length; flame tilt; longitudinal ventilation; tunnel fire

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957535676     PISSN: 05460794     EISSN: 18835600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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