Experimental data and numerical modelling of 1.3 and 2.3 MW fires in a 20 m cubic atrium

C Gutiérrez-Montes, E Sanmiguel-Rojas… - Building and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Atria and large spaces are common architectonical features in modern buildings such as
high rises, auditoria, warehouses, airports and mass transport stations among others. There …

Sustainable smoke extraction system for atrium: A numerical study

ML Ivanov, W Peng, Q Wang, WK Chow - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Smoke extraction systems, either static with natural ventilation, or dynamic with mechanical
ventilation are required to keep smoke layer at high levels in many tall atria. It is observed …

Numerical simulation of an experimental atrium fires in combined natural and forced ventilation by CFD

MM Barsim, MA Bassily, HM El-Batsh… - … Journal of Ventilation, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the measurements data attained in Murcia Atrium fire tests (Gutiérrez-
Montes, Sanmiguel-Rojas, Viedma, & Rein) using general CFD code, CFX-16.2 (CFX-16.2 …

Using helium smoke as a surrogate of fire smoke for the study of atrium smoke filling

G Zhao, L Wang - Journal of Fire Sciences, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This study developed a method of using pure helium to generate a cold buoyant plume as
the surrogate of a fire smoke for the study of the smoke-filling process in an atrium. Aided by …

Numerical study on smoke movement driven by pure helium in atria

LL Wang, G Zhao - Fire safety journal, 2013 - Elsevier
The hot smoke test is often used for commissioning fire smoke management system in
atrium buildings, in which liquid fuel is burnt to generate a buoyant plume mixed with …

Froude scaling modeling in an Atrium Fire equipped with natural and transient forced ventilation

MM Barsim, MA Bassily, HM El-Batsh… - … Journal of Ventilation, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, the capability of Froude scaling modeling to replicate the fire dynamics in full-
scale Murcia Atrium Fires tests equipped with natural and transient forced ventilation was …

Investigation on Smoke Flow in Stairwells induced by an Adjacent Compartment Fire in High Rise Buildings

J Zhang, J Weng, T Zhou, D Ouyang, Q Chen, R Wei… - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to evaluate the transport phenomena of smoke flow and vertical
temperature distribution in a 21-story stairwell with multiple fire locations and openings. A …

Scale modeling on natural smoke filling in an atrium

WK Chow, HHW Lo - Heat Transfer Engineering, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Scale-modeling on atrium smoke movement is presented in this paper. Experiments on
natural smoke filling process with diesel pool fires were carried out at a full-scale atrium …

Инженерный метод выбора рационального варианта противопожарной защиты объектов с экономической ответственностью

ВИ Присадков, СВ Муслакова… - …, 2016 - cyberleninka.ru
На основе критерия приведенных затрат и стохастических представлений о пожарах
разраотаны теоретические основы выбора экономически целесообразных вариантов …

On the operation time of horizontal ceiling vent in an atrium

YZ Li, R Huo, WK Chow - Journal of fire sciences, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
Smoke control by a horizontal ceiling vent in an atrium is studied in this paper. A bi-
directional airflow moving upward and downward across the vent might be observed and …