Upward flame spread: Heat transfer to the unburned surface

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 117-128

  Tsai, Kuang Chung ^a   Turnbull, John ^a   Will, Gavin ^a   Drysdale, Dougal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heat feedback; Upward flame spread

Indexed keywords

FLAME HEIGHT; HEAT FEEDBACK; NORMALISATION; UPWARD FLAME SPREAD; WALL FIRES;

FIRES;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84555189420     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.7-117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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