Flammability studies for wildland and wildland-urban interface fires applied to pine needles and solid polymers

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 203-217

  Simeoni, A ^a   Thomas, J C ^a   Bartoli, P ^b,c   Borowieck, P ^b   Reszka, P ^b   Colella, F ^d   Santoni, P A ^c   Torero, J L ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fire Propagation Apparatus; Flammability; Heat release rate; Structural ignition; Time to ignition; Wildland fires; Wildland fuels

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FLAMMABILITY; FUELS; NEEDLES; POLYMERS;

FIRE PROPAGATION APPARATUS; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); STRUCTURAL IGNITIONS; TIME TO IGNITION; WILDLAND FIRE; WILDLAND FUELS;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 84868212017     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2012.08.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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