- Author
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Kou, H. S.
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Yang, K. T.
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Lloyd, J. R.
- Title
- Turbulent Buoyant Flow and Pressure Variations Around an Aircraft Fuselage in a Cross Wind Near the Ground.
- Coporate
- Notre Dame Univ., IN
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Contract
- NBS-GRANT-NB81NADA2000
- Book or Conf
- International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. 1st International Symposium. October 7-11, 1985,
Hemisphere Publishing Corp., NY,
Gaithersburg, MD,
Grant, C. E.; Pagni, P. J., Editors,
173-183 p.,
1986
- Keywords
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fuselages
- Abstract
- Two-dimensional numerical finite-differences calculations have been carried out to study the effects of cross wind speeds and the elevation of the fuselage on turbulent buoyant flow and pressure variations around an aircraft fuselage engulfed in a simulated fire in a uniform cross wind neqar the ground. Detailed velocity, temperature, smoke concentration, and pressure fields have been obtained and it is found that a major influence on the physical phenomena is the relative strength of the cross flow and the buoyant flow.