One zone or two zones in the room of fire origin during fires? The effects of the air-handling system

Journal of Fire Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 240-260

  Luo, Mingchun ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experiment; Zone model

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIR HANDLING SYSTEMS;

FIRE DETECTORS;

EID: 0031131105     PISSN: 07349041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073490419701500306     Document Type: Article

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