Using cone calorimeter data for the prediction of fire hazard

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 697-706

  Kuang Chung, Tsai ^a   Drysdale, Dougal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cone calorimeter; Upward flame spread modelling

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION;

CONE CALORIMETERS;

FIRE HAZARDS;

EID: 0036806369     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(02)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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