Initial model for fires in the World Trade Center towers

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 25-40

  Rehm, Ronald G ^a   Pitts, William M ^a   Baum, Howard R ^a   Evans, David D ^a   Prasad, Kuldeep ^a   McGrattan, Kevin B ^a   Forney, Glenn P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Fire simulations; Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

ENERGY-LOSS RATE; FIRE DYNAMICS SIMULATOR; FIRE SIMULATIONS; FUEL DISTRIBUTION; IGNITION SOURCE; PRESSURE PULSE; QUASI-STEADY; RATE-OF-ENERGY; SEPTEMBER 11; SINGLE PARAMETER; SMOKE PLUME; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; TOTAL HEAT RELEASE; TWIN TOWERS; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; FIRE RESISTANCE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SMOKE; TOWERS; VENTILATION;

FIRES;

EID: 84555189402     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.7-25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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