100 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 3 - Smoke plumes (and other flow phenomena) with Wojciech

Fire Science Show

English - May 10, 2023 04:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
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Previous Episode: 099 - Electric vehicle fires in tunnels with Peter Sturm

Next Episode: 101 - The Society of Fire Protection Engineers with Chris Jeleniewicz

This week we cover the fundamentals of smoke flow (proliferation!), entrainment and smoke plumes. All the basics that impact the spread of the smoke in our buildings. You will learn:

the ideal gas assumption for a smoke mixtureturbulent nature of fire-induced flowsaxisymmetric plume models and their originsspill plumeswindow and door plumesbasics of smoke control

If you would like to read up more, please resort to:

Review of plume models Enclosure Fire Dynamics - Karlsson, Quntiere, Johansson Fluid Mechanics Aspects of Fire and Smoke Dynamics in Enclosures - Merci and Beji Probably the best thing about visibility in smoke I ever did

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