Modelling the charring behaviour of structural lumber

Fire and Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 209-216

  Lau, Peter W C ^a   White, Robert ^b   Van Zeeland, Ineke ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LUMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHARRING;

FLAMMABILITY TESTING;

EID: 0033323778     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199909/10)23:5<209::AID-FAM685>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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