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Author
Cumber, P. S. | Spearpoint, M.
Title
Computational Flame Length Methodology for Propane Jet Fires.
Coporate
Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Journal
Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 41, No. 3, 215-228, April 2006
Keywords
flame length | methodology | propane | computational fluid dynamics | flame structures | turbulent combustion | soot | lifted jet flames | radiative heat transfer | mathematical models | validation | flame liftoff | kinetics | equations | sensitivity
Identifiers
parabolic flow model; convergence history for a lifted jet fire simulation: (a) lift-off height and (b) relative difference; temperature distribution on the axis of three propane jet fires; flame length methodology that mimics the human eye or camera; CFD framework to calculate the flame structure