Fire hazard assessment of combustibles in big terminals

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-75

  Chow, W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

fire hazard; fire model; heat release rate; transport terminal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747768334     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2005.006704     Document Type: Article

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