A simple technique to estimate the flammability index of moroccan forest fuels

Journal of Combustion

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hachmi, M'Hamed ^a   Sesbou, Abdessadek ^a   Benjelloun, Hassan ^a   El Handouz, Nesrine ^a   Bouanane, Fadoua ^b  

^a The Ecole Nationale Forestière d Ingénieurs   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

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EID: 80052737680     PISSN: 20901968     EISSN: 20901976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/263531     Document Type: Article

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