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| Title: | Entrainment of air into a balcony spill plume |
| Authors: | Harrison, R.
Spearpoint, M.J. |
| Keywords: | balcony spill plume
downstand
smoke ventilation
entrainment |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Citation: | Harrison, R., Spearpoint, M.J. (2006) Entrainment of air into a balcony spill plume. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, 16(3), pp. 211-245. |
| Abstract: | This article examines various uncertainties relating to calculation methods for the balcony spill plume. The approach of physical scale modeling is used in the analysis. Comparisons are made between experimental results and predictions made using these calculation methods. This work has demonstrated that the presence of a downstand from the soffit at the spill edge of a compartment opening appears to have little effect on the entrainment of air into the subsequent spill plume. A simplified spill plume formula has also been developed to predict the mass flow rate of gases, which inherently includes entrainment of air into the free ends |
| Publisher: | University of Canterbury. Civil Engineering. |
| Research Fields: | Fields of Research::290000 Engineering and Technology::290800 Civil Engineering::290804 Construction engineering |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/83 |
| Rights URI: | http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/ir/rights.shtml |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal Articles
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