- Author
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Weng, W.
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Fan, W.
- Title
- Experimental Study of Backdraft in a Compartment With Different Opening Geometries and its Mitigation With Water Mist.
- Coporate
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P.R. China
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005,
Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA,
Beijing, China,
Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors,
1181-1192 p.,
2005
- Keywords
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fire research
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fire safety
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fire science
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compartment fires
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backdraft
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water mist
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mitigation
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geometry
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experiments
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fuel flow rate
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time
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scale models
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equations
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mass fraction
- Identifiers
- opening geometry; summary of the backdraft experiments in the reduced-scale compartment with door end opening; summary of the backdraft experiments with water mist in the reduced-scale compartment with door end opening; estimated critical values of the mass fraction of unburned fuel determining the occurrence of backdraft for eight opening geometries; average values for the downside-slot end opening, the middle-slot end opening and the upside-slot end opening