Defining flashover for fire hazard calculations: Part II

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 613-622

  Babrauskas, Vytenis ^a   Peacock, Richard D ^b   Reneke, Paul A ^b  

^a Fire Science and Technology Inc   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire hazard; Flashover; Heat release rate

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FLASHOVER; HEAT TRANSFER;

HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR);

FIRE HAZARDS;

EID: 0042130099     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(03)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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