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The authors conducted a series of wood crib burnout tests to determine the emissivity and convective heat transfer coefficient of wood crib flames. These values can be used to calculate heat transfer between flames and exposed structural members.
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Beyreis, J.R., Monsen, H.W. & Abbasi, A.F. Properties of wood crib flames. Fire Technol 7, 145–155 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02588954
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02588954