Fuel load and peak heat release rate correlations in post-flashover room fires

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-254

  Chow, W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SUPPLY; AIR SUPPLY RATE; BUILDING FIRES; FIRE DURATION; FIRE LOAD DENSITY; FIRE LOADS; FIRE RISKS; FUEL LOADS; FULL-SCALE BURNING TESTS; HEAT RELEASE RATES; KEYPOINTS; LINEAR CORRELATION; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; POST-FLASHOVER; RADIANT HEAT FLUXES; ROOM FIRES;

DISASTERS; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; FLASHOVER; FLUXES; HEAT FLUX; VENTILATION;

FIRES;

EID: 70449397645     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630903304681     Document Type: Article

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