Coupled fire/evacuation analysis of the station nightclub fire

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 465-476

  Galea, Edwin R ^a   Wang, Zhaozhi ^a   Veeraswamy, Anand ^a   Jia, Fuchen ^a   Lawrence, Peter J ^a   Ewer, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Compartment fires; Egress; Fire investigation; Hazard evaluation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING POPULATION; COMPARTMENT FIRES; EGRESS; EVACUATION SIMULATION; FIRE ENGINEERING; FIRE INVESTIGATION; FIRE SIMULATION; FLAME SPREAD; HAZARD EVALUATION; IN-LINE; LEVEL OF SAFETIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE PROTECTION; FLAME RESEARCH; FLASHOVER;

FIRES;

EID: 79958173864     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.9-465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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