- Author
- Weng, W. | Fan, W.
- Title
- Experimental Study of Backdraft in a Compartment With Different Opening Geometries and its Mitigation With Water Mist.
- Coporate
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P.R. China
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Beijing, China, Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors, 1181-1192 p., 2005
- Keywords
- fire research | fire safety | fire science | compartment fires | backdraft | water mist | mitigation | geometry | experiments | fuel flow rate | time | scale models | equations | mass fraction
- Identifiers
- opening geometry; summary of the backdraft experiments in the reduced-scale compartment with door end opening; summary of the backdraft experiments with water mist in the reduced-scale compartment with door end opening; estimated critical values of the mass fraction of unburned fuel determining the occurrence of backdraft for eight opening geometries; average values for the downside-slot end opening, the middle-slot end opening and the upside-slot end opening