Polyu/ustc atrium: a full-scale burning facility-preliminary experiments

Journal of Applied Fire Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 229-241

  Chow, W K ^a   Fong Ecui, N K ^a   Ho, P L ^a   Wong, L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SMOKE LAYER INTERFACES; ZONE MODELS;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 0032230828     PISSN: 10444300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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