Assessment of fire hazard in small news agents in transport terminal halls

Journal of Architectural Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-38

  Chow, W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Airport terminals; Asia; China; Fire hazards; Shopping centers; Terminal facilities

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FIRE PROTECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RETAIL STORES; SHOPPING CENTERS; SMOKE; VENTILATION;

AIRPORT TERMINALS; ASIA; CHINA; FIRE LOAD DENSITY (FLD); TERMINAL FACILITIES;

FIRE HAZARDS;

EID: 14544285563     PISSN: 10760431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0431(2005)11:1(35)     Document Type: Article

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