Fire models and design

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-138

  Beard, Alan N ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FIRE PROTECTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FIRE MODEL; FIRE RISKS;

FIRE HAZARDS;

EID: 0031097858     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(96)00082-3     Document Type: Article

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