Numerical Investigation of Critical Velocity in Reduced Scale Tunnel Fire with Constant Heat Release Rate

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jc/volume-2017/7125237/figures/7125237.fig.009a.svgz" name="7125237.fig.009a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Velocity</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jc/volume-2017/7125237/figures/7125237.fig.009b.svgz" name="7125237.fig.009b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Temperature</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jc/volume-2017/7125237/figures/7125237.fig.009c.svgz" name="7125237.fig.009c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Mass fraction</td></tr></table>

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Figure 9: Numerical Investigation of Critical Velocity in Reduced Scale Tunnel Fire with Constant Heat Release Rate 