Flames venting externally during full-scale flashover fires: Two sample ventilation cases

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-142

  Klopovic, S ^a   Turan, O F ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FIRES; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

FLASHOVER FIRES;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 0032166126     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(97)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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