Width effect on upward flame spread

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 962-967

  Tsai, Kuang Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flame height; Heat feedback; Upward flame spread; Width effect

Indexed keywords

FLAME RESEARCH;

CENTERLINES; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; FLAME HEIGHT; FLAME SPREAD RATE; HEAT FEEDBACK; HEAT RELEASE; LATERAL DIFFUSION; RELEASE RATE; UPWARD FLAME SPREAD; WIDTH EFFECTS;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 68349154616     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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