Investigation on Cooling Effect of Water Sprays on Tunnel Fires of Hydrogen
By: Zhanjie Xu, Fan Jiang and Thomas Jordan
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Language: English
Page range: 36 - 46
Submitted on: Nov 18, 2024
Accepted on: Aug 20, 2025
Published on: Sep 2, 2025
Published by: KIT Scientific Publishing
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