- Author
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Fernandez-Pello, A. C.
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Ray, S. R.
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Glassman, I.
- Title
- Downward Flame Spread in an Opposed Forced Flow.
- Coporate
- Princetion Univ., NJ
- Journal
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Combustion Science and Technology,
Vol. 19,
No. 1-2,
19-30,
1978
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
-
WSS/CI 78-30,
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute/Western States Section. Spring Meeting, 1978. In-Situ Combustion Technology, Ignition, and General Combustion Topics. April 17-18, 1978,
Boulder, CO,
35 p.,
1978
- Keywords
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flame spread
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propagation
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polymethyl methacrylate
- Identifiers
- PMMA; downward propagation of flames
- Abstract
- Rates of flame spread for the downward propagation of flames over vertical cylinders of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) of 2.54, 0.64, and 0.16 cms in diameter were measured in an opposed forced convective air flow with free stream velocities ranging from 2 to 70 cm/sec. It was found that for all fuel thicknesses, the flame spread rate is independent of the opposed flow if the velocity of the flow is smaller than that induced by natural convection by the flame.