- Author
- Himoto, K. | Tanaka, T.
- Title
- Development and Validation of a Physics-Based Urban Fire Spread Model.
- Coporate
- Kyoto Univ., Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611 0011, Japan
- Journal
- Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 43, No. 7, 477-494, October 2008
- Keywords
- urban fires | fire spread | validation | fire plumes | zone models | fire brands | physics | equations | building fires | fire models | human heat release | room fires | urban fires | production rate | mass transfer | heat transfer | thermal radiation | temperature rise | simulation | combustion | case histories | evaluation
- Identifiers
- external flame; mass production rate of gasified fuel; mass transfer through openings; openings and walls; burn-through of compartment boundary and new opening; thermal radiation heat transfer from fire-involved buildings; temperature rise due to the wind-blown fire plumes; firebrand spotting; overview of the hypothetical urban area; building types and their combustion properties; parameters for fire spread simulation; outline of the Sakata fire; Sakata fire, Japan, October 1976