Large-scale upward flame spread tests on wood products

VTT Tiedotteita - Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus

Volumn , Issue 1834, 1997, Pages

  Kokkala, Matti ^a   Mikkola, Esko ^a   Immonen, Matti ^a   Juutilainen, Hemmo ^a   Manner, Petri ^a   Parker, William J ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fire safety; Fire tests; Flame; Flammability; Propagation; Wood based materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844260557     PISSN: 12350605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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