An alternative way for the ignition times for solids with radiation absorption in-depth by simple asymptotic solutions

Fire and Materials

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-47

  Delichatsios, Michael A ^a   Zhang, Jianping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fire; ignition; materials

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; IGNITION TIME; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SIMPLIFIED METHOD; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FIRES; IGNITION; MATERIALS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 84856386079     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1084     Document Type: Article

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