The HMAS Westralia fire incident of 5 May 1998, involved the combustion of a quantity of diesel fuel in the engine compartment. Four sailors were killed and the ship disabled. This paper presents the results of a series of fire engineering calculations, material measurements together with a computer based simulation of the HMAS Westralia fire. The modelling is used to give an insight into the behavior of the fire and physical phenomena observed.


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    Title :

    Modelling of the HMAS Westralia Fire


    Contributors:
    S. R. Kennett (author) / G. I. Gamble (author) / J. Li (author)

    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    36 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English