Predicting the thermal response of gypsum board subjected to a constant heat flux

Fire and Materials

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 333-355

  Craft, Steve T ^a,b   Isgor, B ^b   Hadjisophocleous, G ^b   Mehaffey, J R ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire resistance; Light frame assembly; Modelling; Wood

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CALCINATION; FIRE PROTECTION; FIREPROOFING; FIRES; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); FLAMMABILITY TESTING; GYPSUM; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; THERMOANALYSIS; WOOD;

ARRHENIUS EXPRESSIONS; CONE CALORIMETERS; CONSTANT HEAT FLUXES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FIRE EXPOSURES; GYPSUM BOARDS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFERS; HEAT TRANSFER MODELS; LIMITING FACTORS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MODELLING; MONOTONICALLY; RESISTANCE RATINGS; STANDARD FIRES; TEST RESULTS; THERMAL RESPONSES; WOOD FLOORS;

FIRE RESISTANCE;

CALCINATION; FIRE PROOFING; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRE RESISTANCE; FLAMMABILITY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WOOD;

EID: 58049198115     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.971     Document Type: Article

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