- Author
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Fernandez-Pello, A. C.
- Title
- Fire Propagation in Concurrent Flows. Final Progress Report. August 1, 1986-July 31, 1987.
- Coporate
- California Univ., Berkeley
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
-
Final Progress Report
1987
112 p.
- Contract
- NGS-GRANT-NB83NADA4020
- Keywords
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fire spread
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gas flow
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convection
- Abstract
- A research program is being carried out to study the mechanisms controlling the spread of fire in a convective gas flow. Research performed during this reporting period includes primarily theoretical studies of the ignition and establishment of a flame over a combustible surface evaporating in a still environment, or in a stagnation point flow, and of the dependence on the characteristics of an oxidizing gas flow of the spread of flames over the surface of a thick solid combustible. Both studies provide relevant information about the mechanisms leading to the establishment of a flame its spread over a solid combustible surface.