Thermal radiation from vertical jet fires

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-101

  Palacios, A ^a   Munoz M ^a   Darbra, R M ^a   Casal, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Jet fire; Propane; Radiant heat intensity; Solid flame model; Sonic and subsonic flow; Surface emissive power

Indexed keywords

AIR; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FIRES; HEAT RADIATION; INFRARED IMAGING;

EMISSIVE POWER; GEOMETRIC DATA; HEAT INTENSITY; JET FIRE; RADIANT HEAT INTENSITY; RADIATION INTENSITY; SOLID FLAME MODELS; SONIC AND SUBSONIC FLOW; SURFACE EMISSIVE POWER; THERMAL DATA;

PROPANE;

EID: 84860507298     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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