- Author
- Tien, J. S.
- Title
- Detailed Modeling of Flame Spread Processes over Solids: Progress and Prospect. (Abstract/Presentation)
- Coporate
- Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH
- Report
- NIST SP 998, May 2003,
- Book or Conf
- Extended Abstracts and Presentations from the Workshop on Fire Growth and Spread on Objects, March 4-6, 2002, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Peacock, R. D.; Pitts, W. M., Editors, 2003
- Keywords
- fire growth | fire spread | flame spread | solid surfaces
- Abstract
- Flame spread over solid surface has been a research topic in combustion and fire science for more than thirty years. A spreading flame involves many interactive sub-processes: fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, solid thermal decomposition, gas-phase chemical kinetics and multi-dimensionality. To make a flame-spreading problem 'tractable' theoretically, a number of simplifying approximations are normally made. This often limits the usefulness of the model results. With the increase of computational capability, more detailed processes can be included. With impetus from the NASA's microgravity combustion program, considerable progress has been made in modeling small-scale laminar flame spread over solids over the past dozen years. In this talk, some of the advances made will be reviewed, the possible applications of current models will be discussed and future research that can extend the capability of the present day models will be mentioned.