Uncertainty of heat release rate calculation of the ISO5660-1 cone calorimeter standard test method

Fire Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-169

  Enright, Patrick A ^a   Fleischmann, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0032871723     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015416005888     Document Type: Article

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