Effect of cross-winds to apparent flame height and tilt angle from several kinds of fire source

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 915-926

  Oka, Yasushi ^a   Sugawa, Osami ^b,d   Imamura, Tomohiko ^a   Matsubara, Yoshiyuki ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FIRE AND DISASTER   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent flame height; Cross wind; Flame tilt; Shape of fire source; Unconfined fire

Indexed keywords

CROSS-WIND; EMPIRICAL COEFFICIENTS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FLAME HEIGHT; FLAME TILT; HEAT RELEASE RATES; LARGE SQUARES; PROPANE BURNERS; SHAPE OF FIRE SOURCE; TILT ANGLE;

FIRES; PROPANE; WIND;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 84555195817     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.7-915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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