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Author
Hwang, C. C. | Edwards, J. C.
Title
Critical Ventilation Velocity in Tunnel Fires: A Computer Simulation.
Coporate
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, PA
Journal
Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 40, No. 3, 213-244, April 2005
Keywords
tunnels | ventilation | computer simulation | computational fluid dynamics | equations | scaling | gas temperature | temperature field | combustion | turbulence | verification | temperature
Identifiers
critical ventilation velocity; stratified flow; Froude modeling; Large-Eddy Simulation (LES); effect of cell size for the small tunnel; effect of cell size for the large tunnel; effects of tunnel size and fire-source geometry on the Froude modeling; effect of ambient temperature on the critical ventilation velocity