Inherently unsteady flame spread to extinction over thick fuels in microgravity

Symposium (International) on Combustion

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 2515-2524

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

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

^d Renewable Resources Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAME RESEARCH; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; UNSTEADY FLOW; VAPORIZATION;

FLAME SPREAD;

IGNITION;

EID: 0032286998     PISSN: 00820784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0082-0784(98)80103-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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