Developing cone calorimeter acceptance criteria for materials used in high speed craft

Fire and Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-35

  Grenier, Andrew T ^a   Janssens, Marc L ^b   Nash, Louis ^a  

^a U S COAST GUARD   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; FURNITURE MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAFETY DEVICES; SHIP SMOKESTACKS; WATER CRAFT;

CONE CALORIMETERS; FIRE GROWTH MODELING; ROOM CORNER TEST;

FLAMMABILITY TESTING;

EID: 0033640874     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(200001/02)24:1<29::AID-FAM695>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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