- Author
- Weng, W. G. | Fan, W. C. | Yao, B.
- Title
- Mitigation of Backdraft With Water Mist: A Reduced-Scale Experimental Study.
- Coporate
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China
- Book or Conf
- Strategies for Performance in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center. CIB-CTBUH Conference on Tall Buildings. Proceedings. Task Group on Tall Buildings: CIB TG50. CIB Publication No. 290. October 20-23, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Shafii, F.; Bukowski, R.; Klemencic, R., Editors, 499-505 p., 2003
- Keywords
- World Trade Center | high rise buildings | fire safety | safety engineering | backdraft | water mist | experiments | building fires | geometry | compartments
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; summary of experiments with and without water mist in the reduced-scale compartment with the door end opening geometry; mitigation mechanism of water mist