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Author
Saito, N. | Yamada, T. | Sekizawa, A. | Yanai, E. | Watanabe, Y. | Miyazaki, S.
Title
Experimental Study on Fire Behavior in a Wind Tunnel With a Reduced Scale Model.
Coporate
Fire Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Book or Conf
University of Dundee and Independent Technical Conferences Ltd. Safety in Road and Rail Tunnels. International Conference, 2nd (Second). Proceedings. April 3-6, 1995, Granada, Spain, Vardy, A. E., Editors, 303-310 p., 1995
Keywords
tunnels | safety | fire behavior | scale models | experiments | heat release rate | ventilation | air flow | burning rate | liquid fires | pool fires | wind velocity | smoke layers | ceilings | methanol | heptane
Identifiers
backflow; interface between backflow and ambient layer in a ventilated tunnel; critical longitudinal ventilation velocity for preventing backflow; effect of slope angle and fire source condition on backflow speed; dimensionless backflow length