Human survivability in motor vehicle fires

Fire and Materials

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-258

  Digges, K H ^a   Gann, R G ^b   Grayson, S J ^c   Hirschler, M M ^d   Lyon, R E ^e   Purser, D A ^f   Quintiere, J G ^g   Stephenson, R R ^h   Tewarson, A ⁱ  

^a MVFRI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Interscience Communications Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d GBH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^f BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h MVFRI   (United States)

ⁱ FM Global Engineering and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobiles; Fire fatalities; Fire safety; Heat release; Human survivability; Motor vehicles; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE FUEL TANKS; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILES; AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DISASTERS; FUEL TANKS; MOTORS; STANDARDS; TIRE INDUSTRY; VEHICLES;

AUTO INDUSTRY; COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS; FIRE SAFETY; INTERIOR MATERIALS; MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY; MOTOR VEHICLES; OBJECTIVE CRITERIA; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATISTICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

FIRES;

EID: 47249150587     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.964     Document Type: Article

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