A fire whirl in an open space can cause devastating damage as was experienced in
Hifukusho-ato, Tokyo, after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1921. To understand the …

This paper presents the first comprehensive experimental study on the dynamical behaviors
of small scale buoyant pool fires under imposed circulation before the formation of fire …

In this work, a small-scale fire whirl with pool diameter of 5 cm was produced by a fixed-
frame type facility with two split cylinders, and the tangential, axial and radial velocity profiles …

The existence of fire whirls in some ship engine room is studied by using the basic elements
of the fire whirls formation. The temperature characteristic of fire whirls are used to study the …

Relationship between internal fire whirls generated in a vertical shaft model was studied. A
vertical shaft model of height 145 cm was constructed. Four fuels including methanol …

Earlier studies on burning a pool fire in a vertical shaft model indicated that appropriate
sidewall ventilation provision is a key factor for the onset of an internal fire whirl …

抄録 The formation of a fire whirl in a large-scale urban or wildland fire leads to a significant
increase in the fire spread rate, and its strong whirlwind (whose maximum speed may reach …