@article{ref1,
title="Strongly buoyant plume similarity and 'small-fire' ventilation",
journal="Fire safety journal",
year="1997",
author="Rooney, Gabriel Gerard and Linden, PF",
volume="29",
number="4",
pages="235-258",
abstract="We re-examine the problem of natural ventilation of a room containing a fire, in the light of recent results obtained by Rooney and Linden (1996) concerning the similarity solution for non-Boussinesq plumes. We consider the case of a steady fire in a compartment with openings at floor and ceiling levels, and obtain expressions for the depth and density of the homogeneous ceiling layer maintained by the fire plume. Taking the limit of a large lower opening area, we compare our results with experiments performed by Thomas et al. (1963). We also perform a sample calculation to estimate the size of the difference between the weakly and strongly buoyant cases.<p />",
language="",
issn="0379-7112",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}