The effect of water sprays on fire fighter thermal imagers

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-238

  Widmann, John F ^a,b   Duchez, Jason ^a,c  

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

^b ANSYS INC   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared imagers; Radiation extinction; Thermal imagers; Water sprays

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FORECASTING; INFRARED IMAGING; NOZZLES; STANDARDS; THEOREM PROVING;

RADIATION EXTICTION; SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS; WATER DROPS; WATER SPRAYS;

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (FIRE FIGHTING);

EID: 0942266724     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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