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Fire Behaviour Modelling in Tasmanian Buttongrass Moorlands .II. Fire Behaviour
International Journal of Wildland Fire, 1995An experimental burning program was carried out in Tasmanian buttongrass moorlands to develop fire behaviour prediction models for improving fire management. A range of previously developed prediction models were examined, but none provided adequate fire behaviour predictions.
JB Marsden-Smedley, WR Catchpole
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Fire grading and fire behaviour
Fire Safety Journal, 1991Results of fire experiments are reviewed and the major relationships for exposure from a fully developed fire, both inside and outside a building, are described. These include the effects of ventilation, heat transfer and heat balance on fire duration and temperature, radiation to nearby buildings and trajectory of the external flames.
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Fire behaviour – A preliminary study
Proceedings of the Annual Congresses of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa, 1978There is a serious deficiency in knowledge concerning the behaviour of fires in South Africa. Arising from this, an investigation was initiated to characterise the behaviour of head and back fires under a variety of environmental conditions. The results showed that head fires had a significantly greater rate of spread, length of flame and overall ...
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Predicting Fire Behaviour with Fire Danger Tables
Australian Forestry, 1968SUMMARY The factors used in the construction of McArthur's (1958) fire danger tables are discussed briefly. The use of the tables to estimate fire danger and predict fire behaviour is discussed, and the effects of fuel quantity, fuel types, slope, diurnal changes in fuel moisture content, recent rainfall, large fuel components, and a number of other ...
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Fire behaviour of polyester–clay nanocomposites
Fire and Materials, 2005AbstractThe aim of this study was on the one hand, to compare the fire behaviour of polyester/clay nanocomposites with that of the neat polymers added with the conventional flame retardant melamine isocyanurate (MIC) and on the other hand, to study the effect of the flame retardant added to the nanocomposites.Polyester/clay nanocomposites were prepared
GIANELLI W +5 more
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2007
Motorists drive through tunnels at high speeds. In consequence, they see the tunnel in a flash and have no idea how the tunnel looks like when they have to walk in the tunnel, for example, when evacuation is required. The authorities responsible for evacuation (and escape signs) are experts who fail to see the tunnel the way the general public does ...
Boer, L.C. +1 more
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Motorists drive through tunnels at high speeds. In consequence, they see the tunnel in a flash and have no idea how the tunnel looks like when they have to walk in the tunnel, for example, when evacuation is required. The authorities responsible for evacuation (and escape signs) are experts who fail to see the tunnel the way the general public does ...
Boer, L.C. +1 more
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Fire Safety Journal, 1991
Ducts are used in buildings for air venting or for smoke extraction. In both cases they have to go through fire walls. In this respect ducts have to provide enough fire resistance to avoid transfer of fire from one compartment to another. France has testing methodologies to assess the fire behaviour of ducts.
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Ducts are used in buildings for air venting or for smoke extraction. In both cases they have to go through fire walls. In this respect ducts have to provide enough fire resistance to avoid transfer of fire from one compartment to another. France has testing methodologies to assess the fire behaviour of ducts.
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Fire Behaviour of Unsaturated Polyesters
Polymers and Polymer Composites, 1998This work is concerned with the fire behaviour of unsaturated polyester resins and particularly with the limiting oxygen index and oxygen consumption data. The influence of styrene level on the rate of heat release is shown. The combustion products of the resins are identified.
B. Mortaigne +5 more
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Fire behaviour of composite laminates
Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2000The thermal response of laminated glass fibre reinforced panels to severe fire conditions has been investigated by furnace fire testing and thermal modelling. Excellent fire resistance has been demonstrated for several matrix materials and the materials response has been modelled to a high degree of accuracy.
Gibson AG +3 more
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Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2018
The increasing numbers of used tyres constitute a serious threat to the natural environment. The progress made in recent years in the management of polymer wastes has meant that used tyres are starting to be perceived as a potential source of valuable raw materials. The objective of this research was to study the burning characteristics of various used
Zsuzsanna Kerekes +2 more
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The increasing numbers of used tyres constitute a serious threat to the natural environment. The progress made in recent years in the management of polymer wastes has meant that used tyres are starting to be perceived as a potential source of valuable raw materials. The objective of this research was to study the burning characteristics of various used
Zsuzsanna Kerekes +2 more
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