Computer modeling of stairwell pressurization to control smoke movement during a high-rise fire

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 117, Issue PART 1, 2011, Pages 786-799

  Black, W Z ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR HANDLING UNITS; COMPUTER MODELING; COMPUTER RESULTS; FIRE ESCAPES; FIRE SAFETY; FRESH AIR; HIGH RISE BUILDING; POSITIVE PRESSURE; SMOKE MANAGEMENT; SMOKE MOVEMENT;

FIRES; SMOKE; STAIRS; TALL BUILDINGS;

SMOKE ABATEMENT;

EID: 82055183966     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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