TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Strongly buoyant plume similarity and 'small-fire' ventilation
JO  - Fire safety journal
A1  - Rooney, Gabriel Gerard
A1  - Linden, PF
SP  - 235
EP  - 258
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 />
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SN  - 0379-7112
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -