Numerical studies on heat release rate in a room fire burning wood and liquid fuel

Building Simulation

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 511-524

  Cai, Na ^a   Chow, Wan ki ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

computational fluid dynamics; gasoline; heat release rate; numerical study; wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900403693     PISSN: 19963599     EISSN: 19968744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-014-0177-4     Document Type: Article

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