Radiant Ignition of Polyurethane Foam: The Effect of Sample Size

Fire Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 673-691

  Hadden, Rory ^a   Alkatib, Abubakar ^a   Rein, Guillermo ^a,b   Torero, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cone calorimeter; Ignition; Sample size; Smoulder propagation; Smouldering; Transition to flaming

Indexed keywords

HOUSES; IGNITION; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; SAMPLING; THERMOCOUPLES;

CONE CALORIMETER; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLE SIZES; SMOULDERING; SQUARE CROSS-SECTION; TESTING PROCEDURE; TRANSITION TO FLAMING;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84898541025     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10694-012-0257-x     Document Type: Article

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