- Author
- Kashiwagi, T. | Ohlemiller, T. J. | Kashiwagi, T.
- Title
- Observation of Vapor Generation Preceding the Ignition of Liquid n-Decane and 1-Decene by CO2 Laser Radiation.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 29, 15-35, 1982
- Keywords
- lasers | ignition | decanes | carbon monoxide | liquid fuels | radiation ignition
- Identifiers
- laser radiation; ignition mechanism
- Abstract
- As an aid to understanding the ignition mechanism of liquid fuels under high intensity radiation, the time seuence of behavior of a liquid fuel and of the fuel vapor near the liquid surface was observed by high speed schlieren and direct photography.