- Author
- Kaye, N. B. | Hunt, G. R.
- Title
- Smoke Filling Time for a Room Due to a Small Fire: The Effect of Ceiling Height to Floor Width Aspect Ratio.
- Coporate
- Imperial College, London, England
- Journal
- Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 42, No. 5, 329-339, July 2007
- Keywords
- smoke filling | room fires | ceiling height | smoke plumes | egress | smoke layers | experiments | equations | atria
- Identifiers
- room aspect ratio; available safe egress time; main parameters for the two typical rooms: (A) an open plan office and (B) an atrium; time taken for the smoke to reach one-third and half height in two typical rooms; overturning modes; smoke filling times; time for ceiling flow to reach side wall