Difficulties with the principles and application of a zone model of flashover

Journal of Fire Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-95

  Jones, J C ^a   Chow, W K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; FIRES; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PYROLYSIS; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE;

FIRE ZONE MODELS; INTERNAL ENERGY; MOLAR WEIGHT;

FLASHOVER;

EID: 0032634211     PISSN: 07349041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073490419901700202     Document Type: Article

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