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Author
Morgan, H. P. | DeSmedt, J. C.
Title
Hot Smoke Tests: Testing the Design Performance of Smoke and Heat Ventilation Systems and of Impulse Ventilation Systems.
Coporate
International Fire Consultants Ltd., UK N.V. International Fire Safety Engienering and Technology S.A., Belgium
Journal
International Journal on Engineering Performance-Based Fire Codes, Vol. 6, No. 1, 7-18, 2004
Keywords
ventilation systems | smoke control | scaling | equations
Identifiers
Impulse Ventilation Systems; hot smoke test; Smoke and Heat Exhaust Ventilation System (SHEVS); ensuring relevance of the hot smoke test to the design condition; simplified Froude number scaling; application of scaling to a SHEVS; application of scaling to an impulse ventilation system; impulse (or Jetfan) smoke ventilaiton; theory of scaling 'nose' flows; example of scaling applied to a hypothetical car park