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Flame Spread Over Combustible Surfaces for Laminar Flow Systems Part I: Excess Fuel and Heat Flux

K. ANNAMALAI Division of Engineering. Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912View further author information
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M. SIBULKIN Division of Engineering. Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912
Pages 167-183 | Received 03 May 1978, Published online: 27 Apr 2007

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