Should smoke yield be regulated for wall, ceiling and floor linings?

Fire Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-276

  Delichatsios, Michael A ^a   Blackmore, Jane ^b   Liu, Xijuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire growth; Linings; Regulations; Smoke yield

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMBUSTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SMOKE;

CEILING LININGS; FLOOR LININGS; TENABILITY; WALL LININGS;

FIRE PROTECTION;

FIRE; SMOKE;

EID: 3042814303     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FIRE.0000026880.92848.73     Document Type: Article

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