Sandwich panel performance in full-scale and bench-scale fire tests

Fire and Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 53-65

  Babrauskas, Vytenis ^a  

^a Fire Science and Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FIRE HAZARDS; GASEOUS EFFLUENTS; REACTION KINETICS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; TOXICITY;

FIRE PRODUCTS; TOXIC GASES; TOXICITY ASSESSMENT;

FLAMMABILITY TESTING;

EID: 0031102466     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199703)21:2<53::AID-FAM593>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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