- Author
- Dlugogorski, B. Z. | Schaefer, T. H. | Kennedy, E. M.
- Title
- Friction Factors for Pipe Flow of Xanthan-Based Concentrates of Fire Fighting Foams.
- Coporate
- Newcastle Univ., Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia 3M Specialty Materials Laboratory, St Mary's, NSW 2760, Australia
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Beijing, China, Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors, 707-718 p., 2005
- Keywords
- fire research | fire safety | fire science | fire suppression | pipes | foam extinguishing systems | aqueous films | aqueous foams | rheology | pressure drop | concentrates | xanthan gum | friction | equations | temperature
- Identifiers
- concentrates of fire fighting foam; ATC-AFFF; AR-AFFF; class B foams; head loss in pipe flow; rheology of foam concentrates; non-newtonian fluids; Hedstrom number; viscometric measurements