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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