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Author
Mangs, J. | Keski-Rahkonen, O.
Title
Characterization of the Fire Behavior of a Burning Passenger Car. Part 1. Car Fire Experiments.
Coporate
VTT-Technical Research Center of Finland, Espoo
Journal
Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1, 17-35, 1994
Keywords
passenger vehicles | fire behavior | automobile fires | experiments | heat release rate | oxygen consumption | calorimetry | heat flux | carbon monoxide | carbon dioxide | smoke production | gas temperature | combustion products | fuel tanks
Identifiers
mass change; rate of mass change; open car parks; Ford Taunus 1.6; Datsun 160J Sedan; Datsun 180B Sedan; cars in full-scale fire experiments at VTT; fuel tank features; total mass loss, total heat released and average effective heat of combustion during the experiments