Three-dimensional flame propagation above liquid fuel pools

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 5-34

  Cai, Jinsheng ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Sirignano, William A ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Flame spread; Microgravity combustion; Pool fires

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CALCULATIONS; DIFFUSION; FLAME RESEARCH; HEAT CONDUCTION; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUID FUELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIR FLOW; FICKIAN DIFFUSION; FLASHPOINT TEMPERATURE; FOURIER HEAT CONDUCTION; LIQUID FUEL POOLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FLAME PROPAGATION;

IGNITION;

EID: 0037981351     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713713037     Document Type: Article

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