Quiescent flame spread over thick fuels in microgravity

Symposium (International) on Combustion

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1335-1343

  West, Jeff ^a   Tang, Lin ^b   Altenkirch, Robert A ^b   Bhattacharjee, Subrata ^a   Sacksteder, Kurt ^c   Delichatsions, Michael A ^d  

^a AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d FM GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUELS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; OXYGEN; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SPACE SHUTTLES; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

MASS DIFFUSION; SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 0030349773     PISSN: 00820784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0082-0784(96)80352-3     Document Type: Article

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