BFRL ICON Safer Firefighter Training Aboard Aircraft Carriers. Case Study.


pdf icon Safer Firefighter Training Aboard Aircraft Carriers. Case Study. (397 K)
Davis, W. D.; Levine, R. S.

Occupational Health and Safety, 46, 48-50, August 1997.

Keywords:

aircraft carriers; fire fighters; fire fighting training; computational fluid dynamics; computer simulation; wind effects

Abstract:

Computer simulation helped the Navy eliminate a wind hazard that was endangering equipment and personnel.



Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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