A Contribution to the Discussion of the Cabins Fire Safety Design Concept

Abstract

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Rates of Radiative and Convective Heat Transfer in a Cabin Fire

“…THERE HAS BEEN a good deal of attention paid in recent issues of this journal [1][2][3][4][5] to the &dquo;cabins&dquo; fire safety concept, specifically as it relates to the new Hong Kong International Airport. Some retail outlets at the airport terminal are as small as 3 metre cube, and the discussion to date has been largely concerned with heat release and transfer rates in these.…”