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Author
Atreya, A.
Title
Fire Growth on Horizontal Surfaces of Wood.
Coporate
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing
Journal
Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 39, No. 1-6, 163-194, 1984
Book or Conf
National Bureau of Standards/Center for Fire Research Conference. Fire Science for Fire Safety. August 23-25, 1983., Gaithersburg, MD, Levine, R. S., Ed.; Pagni, P. J., Ed., Editors, 1984
Keywords
wood | fire growth | fire spread | flame spread
Abstract
The results of an extensive experimental work conducted on transient three-dimensional fire spread on horizontal surfaces of various woods up to two feet in diameter indicate that flame spread on wood is sensitive to factors both internal and external to the sample.