How design fires can be used in fire hazard analysis

Fire Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-242

  Yung, David T ^a   Benichou, Noureddine ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analysis; Design fires; Evacuation; Fire development; Hazard; Model; Occupant; Performance based; Response; Smoke movement

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; SAFETY DEVICES; SMOKE;

FIRE COMPARTMENT;

FIRE HAZARDS;

DESIGN; FIRE; HAZARD; PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036667171     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019830015147     Document Type: Article

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