Unsteady burning of thin-layer pool fires

Journal of Fire Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-15

  Chen, Bing ^a   Lu, Shouxiang ^a   Li, Changhai ^a   Kang, Quansheng ^b   Yuan, Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

boiling zone; burning rate; heat transfer; pool fire; temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

BURNING BEHAVIOR; BURNING RATE; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; FIRE PARAMETERS; FLAME HEIGHT; FLAME TEMPERATURES; FUEL LAYERS; FUEL SURFACES; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; N-HEPTANES; POOL FIRES; THIN LAYERS;

FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; HEAT TRANSFER; HEPTANE; LAKES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STARTING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FUELS;

EID: 84862945299     PISSN: 07349041     EISSN: 15308049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734904111415807     Document Type: Article

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