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Author
Torvi, D. A. | Hadjisophocleous, G. V. | Hum, J.
Title
New Method for Estimating the Effects of Thermal Radiation From Fires on Building Occupants.
Coporate
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Report
NRCC 43937,
Distribution
For more information contact: Website: http://www.nrc.ca/irc/fulltext/nrcc43937/
Book or Conf
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Heat Transfer Division. HTD-Vol. 366-5. Volume 5. Proceedings. December 2000, Orlando, FL, 65-72 p., 2000
Keywords
occupants | thermal radiation | heat flux | fire models | equations | skin burns (human) | heat transfer | clothing | life hazards
Identifiers
effects of high heat fluxes on occupants; burn damage to bare skin; burn damage to clothed skin; burn dmage after destruction of clothing; total probability of death due to high thermal radiaiton heat fluxes; times to key events as calculated by the New Life Hazard Model