Preliminary notes on fire protection in buses

Journal of Applied Fire Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-89

  Chow, W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BUSES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE RESISTANCE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; FIRE SAFETY; SMOKE FILLING PROCESS;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 0033293892     PISSN: 10444300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/1BYR-NALP-8GN6-3DHA     Document Type: Article

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