- Author
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Ray, S. R.
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Fernandez-Pello, A. C.
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Glassman, I.
- Title
- Study of the Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Horizontal Flame Propagation.
- Coporate
- Princeton Univ., NJ
- Journal
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Journal of Heat Transfer,
Vol. 102,
No. 2,
357-363,
May 1980
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Keywords
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heat transfer
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flame propagation
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fire spread
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solid fuels
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temperature measurements
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large scale fire test
- Identifiers
- spread of flame; heat transfer mechanisms; radiant flux measurements
- Abstract
- An experimental study is performed on the magnitude of the different mechanisms by which heat is tranferred from the flaming region to the unburnt fuel ahead of the flame for flames propagating horizontally over the surface of a solid fuel. Measurements 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 magniturde of the heat fluxes ahead of the flame.