Rheology of fire-fighting foams

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-75

  Gardiner, B S ^a   Dlugogorski, B Z ^a   Jameson, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire fighting foams; Foam rheology; Poiseuille pipe rheometer; Power law model; Volume equalisation; Wall slip correction

Indexed keywords

FOAMS; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

FIRE-FIGHTING FOAMS; POISEUILLE PIPE RHEOMETERS;

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032117910     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(97)00049-0     Document Type: Article

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