Numerical model and validation experiments of atrium enclosure fire in a new fire test facility

The authors want to acknowledge the Technological Metal Centre of Murcia for the use of their test rigs, the SAIT (Technological Research Service of the Technical University of Cartagena) and the University of Jaen for the use of their entire computing resources and their technical support. This work has been supported by Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia of Spain (grants DPI2005-08654-C04-01 and TRA2006-15015).

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