Experimental investigation of structure vulnerabilities to firebrand showers

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 568-578

  Manzello, Samuel L ^a   Park, Seul Hyun ^a,c   Suzuki, Sayaka ^a   Shields, John R ^a   Hayashi, Yoshihiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Firebrands; Ignition; WUI fires

Indexed keywords

FIRES; MESH GENERATION; TESTING; VENTS; WIND TUNNELS;

EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIRE RESEARCH; FIREBRAND; REDUCED SCALE; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; STAGNATION PLANES; URBAN FIRE; WIND-TUNNEL FACILITIES; WUI FIRES;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 80053975367     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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