Near-surface vapour bubble layers in buoyant low stretch burning of polymethylmethacrylate

Fire and Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 227-237

  Olson, S L ^a   T'ien, J S ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; BUOYANCY; COMBUSTION; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

LOW STRETCH STAGNATION POINT DIFFUSION FLAMES;

FLAMMABILITY TESTING;

EID: 0033341463     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199909/10)23:5<227::AID-FAM689>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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