An Experimental Study of Smoke Movement in Multi-Storey Buildings

Fire Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1141-1169

  Wang, Yan ^a   Zalok, Ehab ^b   Hadjisophocleous, George ^b  

^a Pioneer Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuel packages; Heat release rate; Oxygen consumption method; Propane fires; Smoke movement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENT; HEAT RELEASE RATES; MULTISTOREY BUILDINGS; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION METHOD; SMOKE MOVEMENT;

AERODYNAMICS; FIRES; FUELS; PROPANE; TOWERS;

SMOKE;

EID: 79961127022     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10694-009-0132-6     Document Type: Article

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