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Original Articles

Computed Flammability Limits and Spreading Rates of Upward Flame Spread over a Thin Solid in Low-Speed Buoyant Flows

Pages 379-395 | Received 24 Apr 2008, Accepted 30 Sep 2008, Published online: 19 Feb 2009

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