Resistance to fire of walls constituted by hollow blocks: Experiments and thermal modeling

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 258-267

  Al Nahhas, F ^a   Ami Saada, R ^a   Bonnet, G ^a   Delmotte, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Fire resistant masonry; Firewall tests; Phase change phenomenon; Wall heat conduction; Wall heat convection; Wall heat radiation

Indexed keywords

FIRE RESISTANT MASONRY; FIREWALL TESTS; PHASE-CHANGE PHENOMENON; WALL HEAT CONDUCTION; WALL HEAT CONVECTION; WALL HEAT RADIATION;

ENTHALPY; FIRE PROTECTION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 33749486544     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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