- Author
- Bar-Ilan, A. | Putzeys, O. M. | Rein, G. | Fernandez-Pello, A. C. | Urban, D. L.
- Title
- Transition From Forward Smoldering to Flaming in Small Polyurethane Foam Samples.
- Coporate
- California Univ., Berkeley NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute, Symposium (International) on Combustion, 30th. Proceedings. Volume 30. Part 2. July 25-30, 2004, Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Chicago, IL, Chen, J. H.; Colket, M. D.; Barlow, R. S.; Yetter, R. A., Editors, 2295-2302 p., 2005
- Keywords
- combustion | polyurethane foams | smoldering | flow velocity | oxygen concentration | thermal radiant flux | experiments | thermocouples | heat flux | ducts
- Identifiers
- transition to flaming; polyurethane foam with a gas/solid interface; studying the transition from smoldering to flaming under conditions encountered in spacecraft facilities; low velocity variable oxygen concentration flows; experiment concept and protocol; thermocouple, video and infrared results; effect of external flow velocity and oxygen mole fraction; matrix of tests varying duct flow velocity and oxygen fraction of internal and duct flow, at 7.25 kW/m2 radiant heat flux; effect of external heat flux; matrix of tests varying duct flow velocity and radiant heat flux, at 0.35 oxygen mole fraction