Experimental measurements of flow and flame spread in the development of a fire testing facility

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 595-603

  Wichman, Indrek S ^a   Morris, Scott C ^a   McIntosh, Andrew W ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Fire; Flame; Flame spread; Flame spread correlations; Fluid mechanics; Testing

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; OXIDATION;

FLAME SPREAD;

FIRES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FIRE; FLAME; FLOW CONTROL; GAS FLOW; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 0036466358     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1777(01)00114-5     Document Type: Article

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