A model to predict fire resistance of non-load bearing wood-stud walls

Fire and Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-39

  Takeda, H ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire resistance; Heat transfer; Modelling; Wall assembly

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAMED PLASTICS; GYPSUM; HEAT TRANSFER; POLYSTYRENES; POLYURETHANES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WOODEN FLOORS;

GLASS-FIBRE INSULATION; GYPSUM BOARD; HEAT CONDUCTION EQUATIONS; ROCK-FIBRE INSULATION; WALL ASSEMBLY;

FIRE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0038216569     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.816     Document Type: Article

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