CBUF Model I, applied to exemplary New Zealand furniture

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 147-158

  Enright, P A ^a   Fleischmann, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CBUF; Combustion; Fabric; Foam; Furniture; Model

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; COMBUSTION; ENTHALPY; FABRICS; FIRE HAZARDS; FOAMS; MODELS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

CBUF; COMBUSTION BEHAVIOURS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FACTOR-BASED MODEL; FULL-SCALE RESULTS; FURNITURE; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; TOTAL HEAT RELEASE;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84555189748     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.6-147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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