Heat flux pipe in large-scale fire tests

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1413-1424

  Wu, Peter K ^a  

^a FM Global Engineering and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodity classification; Flame; Flame heat flux; Flame spread

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; HAZARDS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

CLASSIFICATION TESTS; FIRE SCENARIOS; FLAME; FLAME SPREAD; HEAT FLUX MEASUREMENT; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); LARGE SCALE FIRE TESTS; PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 40549118070     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.8-1413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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