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Document ID (ISN)46261
CIS number 86-911
Year 1984
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Smelkov G.I.
Title Fire hazards presented by wiring in cases of electrical malfunctions
Original title Požarnaja opasnost' ėlektroprovodok pri avarijnyh režimah [in Russian]
Bibliographic information Izdatel'stvo Ėnergoatomizdat, šljuzovaja nab. 10, 113114 Moskva, USSR, 1984. 184p. Illus. 46 ref. Price: Rbl.0.55.
Abstract Aspects covered in this guide for engineers, technicians and fire-protection specialists: theoretical and experimental data on overloads and short circuits; fire hazards due to metal particles formed in short-circuit arcs; probability and statistical methods of assessment of the hazardousness of electrical equipment; determining the contribution of electrical malfunctions to fires; fire hazards presented by lead-in-wires.
Descriptors (primary) wiring; electric sparks; electricity; hazard evaluation; fire hazards; sources of ignition; electric power distribution
Descriptors (secondary) electric arc; applied research; manuals; short circuits
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Fire and explosions
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Risk evaluation
Fires
Electricity