The Single Burning Item (SBI) test method - A decade of development and plans for the near future

Heron

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 191-207

  Van Mierlo, Rudolf ^a   Sette, Bart ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Reaction to fire; Round robin; SBI; Test methods

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; MARKETING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

REACTION TO FIRE; ROUND ROBIN; SINGLE BURNING ITEM (SBI); TEST METHODS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 33748497342     PISSN: 00467316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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