Optical simulations for fire detectors

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 274-278

  Müller, Kurt ^a   Loepfe, Markus ^a   Wieser, Dieter ^a  

^a Siemens Schweiz AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fire aerosol; Fire detector; Optical scattering cross section; Optical simulation; Scattering smoke detector

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LIGHT SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FIRE AEROSOLS; OPTICAL SCATTERING CROSS-SECTIONS; OPTICAL SIMULATIONS; SCATTERING SMOKE DETECTORS;

FIRE DETECTORS;

EID: 33646527812     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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