Assessment of fire reaction and fire resistance of Guadua angustifolia kunth bamboo

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-65

  Mena, Josué ^a   Vera, Sergio ^a   Correal, Juan F ^b   Lopez, Mauricio ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Building; Codes; Fire reaction; Fire resistance; Structure

Indexed keywords

CHARRING RATES; CODES; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE REACTION; FLAME SPREAD;

BAMBOO; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FLAME RESISTANCE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RESISTANCE;

FIRES;

EID: 80053365116     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.08.028     Document Type: Article

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