Wind-Tunnel Fire-Whirl Experiments Using a Scale Model

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  • Kuwana Kazunori
    Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yamagata University
  • Sekimoto Kozo
    Institute of Research for Technology Development (IR4TD), University of Kentucky
  • Saito Kozo
    Institute of Research for Technology Development (IR4TD), University of Kentucky

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This short communication proposes a new scaling law, on the basis of which scale-model experiments on a large-scale wind-aided fire phenomenon can be designed. The proposed scaling law takes into account the Froude number, which is defined using the flame height. The results of two different scale-model experiments on the fire whirls observed after the Great Kanto Earthquake are reported. The wind velocities in the scale-model experiments are determined using the proposed scaling law. The scale-model experiments successfully reproduce fire whirls similar to those observed after the Earthquake, thus validating the proposed scaling law.

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