- Author
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Merci, B.
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VanMaele, K.
- Title
- Numerical Simulations of Full-Scale Enclosure Fires in a Small Compartment With Natural Roof Ventilation.
- Coporate
- Fund of Scientific Research--Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen), Belgium
Ghent Univ., --UGent, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Journal
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 43,
No. 7,
495-511,
October 2008
- Keywords
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roofs
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ventilation
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compartments
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enclosures
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computational fluid dynamics
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zone models
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simulation
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large scale fire tests
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heat release rate
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field models
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temperature
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sensitivity
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temperature fluctuations
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temperature profiles
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mass flow
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flow rate
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smoke layers
- Identifiers
- Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS); OZONE; THERMOCOUPLE; influence of thermal wall boundary conditions on the CFD results; grid sensitivity of the CFD results; mass flow rate of smoke through roof opening; neutral plane height (m); influence of roof opening area; total smoke mass flow rate out of the compartment; average hot layer temperature rise; influence of fire source area; hot layer thickness; hot smoke layer thickness; buoyancy reference velocity