The behavior of a fire-protection foam exposed to radiant heating

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1719-1728

  Boyd, Christopher F ^a   Di Marzo, Marino ^b  

^a U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FIRE PROTECTION; FOAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

FOAM EXPANSION RATIO;

RADIANT HEATING;

EID: 0032084069     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00280-9     Document Type: Article

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