- Author
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Brozovsky, E.
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Motevalli, V.
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Custer, R. L. P.
- Title
- First Approximation Method for Smoke Detector Placement Based on Design Fire Size, Critical Velocity, and Detector Aerosol Entry Lag Time.
- Coporate
- Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA
Custer Powell, Inc., Wrentham, MA
- Journal
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Fire Technology,
Vol. 31,
No. 4,
336-354,
4th Quarter, November 1995
- Keywords
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smoke detectors
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fire spread
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velocity
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aerosols
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time lag
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wind tunnels
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algorithms
- Identifiers
- determining the critical velocity and correlating alarm delay time with velocity; detector placement procedure based on the critical velocity concept; program description and algorithm