Contrast attenuation coefficient as a parameter enabling determination of range of visibility in smoke

Fire and Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 205-211

  Sychta, Zygmunt ^a,b  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Inst Ocean Technol and Shipbldg   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISIBILITY;

CONTRAST ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT;

SMOKE;

EID: 0031223236     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199709/10)21:5<205::AID-FAM609>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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