- Author
- Galea, E. R. | Berhane, D. | Hoffmann, N.
- Title
- CFD Analysis of Fire Plumes Emerging From Windows in High-Rise Buildings.
- Coporate
- University of Greenwich, London, England
- Book or Conf
- Institution of Fire Engineers; University of Sunderland; Fire Research Station; CIB W14; Tyne and Wear Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Fire Safety by Design. Conference Proceedings. Volume 3. Research Papers. July 10-12, 1995, UK, 111-120 p., 1995
- Keywords
- fire safety | safety engineering | fire plumes | windows | high rise buildings | temperature distribution | fire gases | compartments | fire spread | field models | scenarios | geometry
- Identifiers
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); front and side elevations of high-rise building geometry used in the numerical solution; rising plume emerging from the narrow and wide window geometries, 60 seconds after ignition - vertical scale measures metres above fire compartment ceiling; temperature contours in horizontal sections through the rising plume at several heights for the narrow and wide windows; velocity distribution of existing gases in three vertical window planes