- Author
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Ray, S. R.
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Fernandez-Pello, A. C.
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Glassman, I.
- Title
- Analysis of the Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Horizontal Flame Propagation.
- Coporate
- Princeton Univ., NJ
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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ASME 79-HT-25,
- Book or Conf
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Joint ASME/AIChE 18th National Heat Transfer Conference, August 6-8, 1979.,
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, NY,
San Diego, CA,
1-9 p.,
1979
- Keywords
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heat transfer
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fire spread
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flame propagation
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mechanisms
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solid fuels
- Identifiers
- spread of fires; mechanisms of heat transfer; downward flame spread
- Abstract
- An experimental study is performed of the magnitude of the different mechanisms by which heat is transferred from the flaming region to the unburnt fuel ahead of the flame for flames propagating horizontally over the surface of a solid fuel. Measurments of the gas velocity field, temperature fields and radiant flux distribution in a particular case of laboratory scale flame spread over a thick fuel are used to determine the magnitude of the heat fluxes ahead of the flame.