Puffing frequency and soot extinction correlation in JP-8 and heptane pool fires

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 699-712

  Henriksen, Tara L ^a   Ring, Terry A ^a   Eddings, Eric G ^a   Nathan, G J ^b  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pool fires; Puffing frequency; Soot

Indexed keywords

POOL FIRES; PUFFING FREQUENCY;

CORRELATION THEORY; ENTROPY; FLAME RESEARCH; HEPTANE; SOOT;

AIRCRAFT FUELS;

EID: 39449116865     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200701845524     Document Type: Article

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