Fire fuel load contribution of timber structural engineering products

Author: Dilshad Munmum

Date published

16 December 2022

Price
Free
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Fire fuel load contribution of timber structural engineering products

Report

Author

Dilshad Munmum

Date published

16 December 2022

Author

Dilshad Munmum

Price

Free

A poster from a project funded by the Institution’s 2020/21 MSc Research Grants.

The aim of this project is to measure the thermal output of various timber products with increased temperature so that the fuel load contribution during pyrolysis can be ascertained

Author: Dilshad Munmum
Poster: Dilshad Munmum
Supervisor: Dr Finian McCann
University: London South Bank University
 

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