Modeling of the thermal degradation of structural wood members exposed to fire

Fire and Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 199-207

  Janssens, Marc L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Charring rate; Fire model; Fire resistance; Fire test; Pyrolysis; Wood

Indexed keywords

FIRE RESISTANCE; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; HEAT TRANSFER; LIGNIN; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WOOD;

CHARRING RATE; CHARS; FIRE MODEL; RESIDUAL LOAD-BEARING SECTION; STRUCTURAL WOOD MEMBER;

STRUCTURAL MEMBERS;

EID: 2442430297     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.848     Document Type: Article

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