Experimental investigation of the reliability of reception of ultrasound signals in fire conditions

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-34

  Teodorescu, Horia Nicolai L ^a,b   Cojocaru, Victor P ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Equivalent attenuation; Fire conditions; Localization; Power law statistics; Sensors; Ultrasound propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

EQUIVALENT ATTENUATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIRE CONDITION; FIRE ENVIRONMENT; HOT AIR; LINE OF SIGHT; LOCALISATION; POWER-LAW STATISTICS; ULTRASOUND PROPAGATION; ULTRASOUND SIGNAL;

FIRES;

EID: 84901448074     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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