Spontaneous combustion in coal pillars: Buoyancy and oxygen starvation

Mathematical Engineering in Industry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-300

  McNabb, A ^a   Please, C P ^c   McElwain, D L S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Chemical reaction; Comparison theorems; Spontaneous combustion

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BUOYANCY; FRACTURE; HEAT CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL CONVECTION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

COAL PILLARS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 0032715987     PISSN: 0169121X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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