Experimental investigation on downward flame spread over rigid polyurethane and extruded polystyrene foams

Y Zhou, R Bu, J Gong, W Yan, C Fan - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
With the development of social economy and architectural aesthetics, flame spread over
exterior thermal insulation system in real high-rise building fire disasters often features …

Burning dynamics and in-depth flame spread of wood cribs in large compartment fires

V Gupta, JL Torero, JP Hidalgo - Combustion and flame, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Wood cribs pervade the fire research literature as the chosen fuel load for testing within the
built environment. As such, the underpinning knowledge of fire behaviour in compartments …

Experimental study of flame spread over thermally-thin inclined fuel surface and controlling heat transfer mechanism under concurrent wind

Y Huang, L Hu, Y Ma, N Zhu, Y Chen… - International Journal of …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The fuel inclination and wind velocity play a significant role on the forward flame spread
behavior. It deserves further study since the heat transfer mechanism and flame spread …

Steady and transient pyrolysis of thick clear PMMA slabs

Y Pizzo, C Lallemand, A Kacem, A Kaiss… - Combustion and …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Thermal degradation of solid fuels is an issue of major importance in the prediction of fire
ignition and growth. The pyrolysis rate is generally deduced from the energy balance at the …

An embedded upward flame spread model using 2D direct numerical simulations

W **e, PE DesJardin - Combustion and Flame, 2009‏ - Elsevier
A fully coupled 2D fluid–solid direct numerical simulation (DNS) approach is used to
simulate co-flow flame spread over poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) at different angles of …

Flame extinction of spherical PMMA in microgravity: effect of fuel diameter and conduction

C Wu, P Sun, X Wang, X Huang, S Wang - Microgravity Science and …, 2020‏ - Springer
A series of experiments were conducted in the 3.6-s microgravity drop tower and normal
gravity to investigate the effect of solid fuel curvature, conduction, and reradiation on the …

Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames

AV Singh, MJ Gollner - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2015‏ - Elsevier
A thorough numerical and experimental investigation of laminar boundary-layer diffusion
flames established over the surface of a condensed fuel is presented. By extension of the …

Microgravity diffusion flame spread over a thick solid in step-changed low-velocity opposed flows

F Zhu, Z Lu, S Wang, Y Yin - Combustion and Flame, 2019‏ - Elsevier
We report results from a microgravity combustion experiment conducted aboard the SJ-10
satellite of China, focusing on the structure and dynamics of diffusion flames spreading over …

Warehouse commodity classification from fundamental principles. Part II: Flame heights and flame spread

KJ Overholt, MJ Gollner, J Perricone, AS Rangwala… - Fire safety journal, 2011‏ - Elsevier
In warehouse storage applications, it is important to classify the burning behavior of
commodities and rank them according to their material flammability for early fire detection …

An analysis of width effects on flame spread in conjunction with concurrent forced flow using a variable B-number

L Zhao, J Fang, X He, J Wang, S Tao, Y Zhang - Combustion and Flame, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Width effects on concurrent forced flow flame spread over thermally-thick PMMA slabs were
studied. Different flame spread behaviors were observed depending on the sample width …