Using the TPS method for determining the thermal properties of concrete and wood at elevated temperature

Fire and Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 359-369

  Adl Zarrabi, Bijan ^a   Boström, Lars ^a   Wickström, Ulf ^a  

^a SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concrete; Heat capacity; Specific heat capacity; Thermal conductivity; Thermal diffusivity; Thermal properties; Transient plane source; Wood

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; SOFTWOODS; SPECIFIC HEAT OF SOLIDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS;

FIRE TEST MEASUREMENTS; TRANSIENT PLANE SOURCE;

THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CONCRETE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PICEA; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 33749441191     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.915     Document Type: Article

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