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Author
Jia, F. | Patel, M. K. | Galea, E. R.
Title
CFD Fire Simulation of the Swissair Flight 111 In-Flight Fire.
Coporate
Greenwich Univ., London, England
Report
Volume 2
Book or Conf
Interflam 2004. (Interflam '04). International Interflam Conference, 10th Proceedings. Volume 2. July 5-7, 2004. Organised by Interscience Communications Ltd. in association with National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building Research Establishment; National Fire Protection Association; Society of Fire Protection Engineers; and Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1195-1206 p., 2004
Keywords
fire science | fire safety | in-flight fires | computational fluid dynamics | simulation | aircraft accidents | aircraft fires | fire investigations | heat release rate | temperature | death | field models | scenarios | flow rate | mathematical models
Identifiers
Swissair Flight 111 (SR 111), took off from New York's JFK airport for Geneva, Switzerland, September 2, 1998; electrical arcing in the ceiling void cabling; SMARTFIRE V3.0; pre-fire flow simulations; post-fire simulations