The Analysis of the Natural Smoke Filling Times in an Atrium

This paper presents an investigation on the scenarios of the natural smoke filling times in an atrium due to a located floor fire. Based on the Heskestad's correlation, the heat release rate and the effective height of the fire source were transformed into an equation associated with the diamet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guan-Yuan Wu, Ruu-Chang Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Combustion
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/687039