A reappraisal of convection heat transfer in the cone calorimeter

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 125-131

  Staggs, J E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cone calorimeter; Convection heat transfer coefficient; Optimisation methods

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

CONE CALORIMETER; CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; INSULATION LAYERS; NUSSELT NUMBER CORRELATION; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PARAMETER C; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEST SAMPLES;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 79951674024     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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