Project Report to Health & Safety Executive: Upward Flame Spread On Inclined Surfaces

Name: Project Report to Health & Safety Executive: Upward Flame Spread On Inclined Surfaces
Author: Yajue Wu

written by Yajue Wu and D.D. Drysdale (Edinburgh, Scotland: University of Edinburgh, 1996, originally published 1996), 99 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: This article from the examines the "trench effect" - the ability of a fire to spread up inclined surfaces. This phenomenon is believed to have led to the rapid spread of the 1987 King's Cross fire in London.
Field of Interest: Global Issues
Author: Yajue Wu, D.D. Drysdale
Content Type: General reference book
Duration: 0 sec
Format: Text
Original Publication Date: 1996
Page Count: 99
Publication Year: 1996
Publisher: University of Edinburgh
Place Published / Released: Edinburgh, Scotland
Subject: Global Issues, Engineering, Social Sciences, Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, King's Cross Fire, King's Cross Fire, Train stations, Mechanical engineering, Engineering, Engenharia Mecânica, Ingeniería Mecánica, London underground, Fires, Trench effect, London, England
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Engenharia Mecânica, Ingeniería Mecánica, London underground, Fires, Trench effect