Downward flame spread over a thick PMMA slab in an opposed flow environment: Experiment and modeling

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 697-707

  Wu, K K ^a   Fan, W F ^a   Chen, C H ^a   Liou, T M ^b   Pan, I J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flame spread; Opposed flow temperature; Opposed flow velocity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; IGNITION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MIXED CONVECTION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; THERMOCOUPLES;

FLAME SPREAD;

FLAME RESEARCH;

FUEL; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

COMBUSTION; FLAME; FLOW; MODELING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOW RATE; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; THICKNESS;

EID: 0037350452     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-2180(02)00520-5     Document Type: Article

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