Necessity of testing combustibles under well-developed fires

Journal of Fire Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-329

  Chow, W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Big fire; High combustible contents; Post flashover; Well developed fire burning

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIRE PROTECTION; FIREPROOFING; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); FLAMMABILITY TESTING; FLASHOVER; MATERIALS TESTING; TESTING; WELL TESTING;

ACCIDENTAL FIRES; BENCH SCALE TESTS; FIRE SAFETY PROVISIONS; FIRE TESTING; FULL-SCALE BURNING TESTS; GENERATION RATE; HAZARD ASSESSMENTS; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); POST-FLASHOVER; RADIATIVE HEAT FLUXES; REAL-SCALE FIRES; SAGE PUBLICATIONS (CO); SYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

FIRES;

EID: 45849151322     PISSN: 07349041     EISSN: 15308049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734904108089567     Document Type: Article

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