Survey on partition walls commonly used in hong kong and estimation of the heat release rates during fire

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 379-390

  Chow, W K ^a   Leung, C W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fire resistance; Heat relax rate; Hong kong; Partitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035575671     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2001.9696918     Document Type: Article

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