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In question is the adequacy of the current method for calculating safe separation distances from large-scale liquid fuel fires. The authors point out the limitations and weaknesses of such calculations and recommend further research.
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Note: Adapted from a paper presented at the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute Meeting on Disaster Hazards held at NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, 1970.
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Atallah, S., Allan, D.S. Safe separation distances from liquid fuel fires. Fire Technol 7, 47–56 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02588942
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