Critical condition of backdraft in compartment fires: A reduced-scale experimental study

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-26

  Weng, W G ^a   Fan, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Backdraft; Critical condition

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMBUSTION; FUELS; OXYGEN; VENTILATION;

COMPARTMENT FIRES;

FIRES;

COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE;

EID: 0037208181     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-4230(02)00088-8     Document Type: Article

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