Time to flashover of a vinyl based lining material: Cone calorimeter experiments

Thermal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 785-792

  Xu, Qiang ^a   Hristov, Jordan ^a,b   Cao, Liying ^c   Que, Xinggui ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METALLURGY   (Bulgaria)

^c Shanghai Fire Research Institute of Public Security Ministry of China   (China)

Author keywords

Cone calorimeter; Fire behaviour; Flashover time prediction; Lining material

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858759495     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI100621003X     Document Type: Article

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