- Author
-
Kanury, A. M.
- Title
- Burning of Liquid Pools in Reduced Gravity. Final Report. March 1976-February 1977.
- Coporate
- Notre Dame Univ., IN
- Sponsor
- National Aeronautics and Space Admin., Cleveland, OH
- Report
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NASA CR-13524,
June 1977,
140 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NAS3-20087
- Keywords
-
pool fires
|
pool burning
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combustion
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flame spread
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ignition
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spacelab
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reduced gravity
- Identifiers
- microgravity
- Abstract
- The existing literature on the combustion of liquid fuel pools is reviewed to identify the physical and chemical aspects which require an improved understanding. Among the pre-, trans- and post-ignition processes, a delineation is made of those which seem to uniquely benefit from studies in the essential environment offered by Spacelab. High-lighting the role played by the gravitational constant, analytical and experimental justifications are developed for a Spacelab study of about a dozen different phenomena. The analytical justifications are based on hypotheses, models and dimensional analyses whereas the experimental justifications are based on an examination of the range of gravity and gravity-dependent variables possible in the earth-based laboratories. Some preliminary expositions into the questions of feasibility of the proposed Spacelab experiment also are reported. To resolve some of these feasibility issues and to develop the experiment design for installation in the Spacelab are the immediate future steps.