Modelling post-flashover fires with FASTLite

Journal of Fire Protection Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Buchanan, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

FLASHOVER FIRES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE FASTLITE;

FIRES;

EID: 0032289784     PISSN: 10423915     EISSN: 1532172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104239159800900301     Document Type: Article

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