Computational fluid dynamics modelling of fire

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 6-8, 2012, Pages 349-361

  McGrattan, Kevin ^a   McDermott, Randall ^a   Floyd, Jason ^b   Hostikka, Simo ^c   Forney, Glenn ^a   Baum, Howard ^a  

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

^b JENSEN HUGHES   (United States)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

combustion; fire; large eddy simulation; low Mach number approximation; lumped species; thermal radiation

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC COEFFICIENT; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; FAST SIMULATION; FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM; FIRE SCENARIOS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; IN-BUILDINGS; LOW MACH NUMBERS; LOW-SPEED FLOW; LUMPED SPECIES; RADIATION TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; SINGLE-STEP; SUB-GRIDS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE PROTECTION; HEAT RADIATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MACH NUMBER; MAINTENANCE;

FIRES;

EID: 84868331934     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: 10290257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618562.2012.659663     Document Type: Article

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