Microgravity combustion : fire in free fall / edited by Howard D. Ross.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ross, Howard D.

Series:

Combustion treatise.

Combustion treatise

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Combustion.

Research in reduced gravity environments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (601 p.)

Other Title:

Fire in free fall

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides an introduction to understanding combustion, the burning of a substance that produces heat and often light, in microgravity environments-i.e., environments with very low gravity such as outer space. Readers are presented with a compilation of worldwide findings from fifteen years of research and experimental tests in various low-gravity environments, including drop towers, aircraft, and space.Microgravity Combustion is unique in that no other book reviews low- gravity combustion research in such a comprehensive manner. It provides an excellent introduction for

Contents:

Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Basics of Microgravity Combustion; 1. Motivation; 2. Fundamentals of the influence of gravity on flames; 3. Experimental methods to minimize the influence of buoyancy; 4. Achieving microgravity; 5. The candle flame as an example of gravitational influences on combustion; 6. Concluding remarks; Chapter 2. Premixed-gas Flames; 1. Introduction; 2. Comparison of time scales; 3. Flammability limits; 4. Flame instabilities; 5. Stretched and curved flames; 6. `Cool flames'; 7. Turbulent flames; 8. Recommendations for future studies

9. ConclusionsChapter 3. Laminar and Turbulent Gaseous Diffusion Flames; 1. Introduction; 2. Intrusion of gravity; 3. Laminar flames; 4. Turbulent flames; Chapter 4. Microgravity Droplet Combustion; 1. Introduction; 2. Classical theory of droplet combustion; 3. Role of spherical symmetry in droplet combustion theory and experiments; 4. Advances in theoretical description of droplet combustion; 5. Experimental methods; 6. Pure fuel droplet combustion: n-Heptane; 7. Methanol droplet combustion; 8. Multicomponent droplet combustion; 9. Extensions of isolated droplet combustion

10. Concluding remarksChapter 5. Mechanisms of Flame Spread and Smolder Wave Propagation; 1. Flame spread over solid surfaces; 2. Flame spread across liquid pools; 3. An overview of microgravity smoldering; Chapter 6. Metal Particle Combustion and Classification; 1. Introduction; 2. Metal combustion classification; 3. Metal particle combustion regimes; 4. Microgravity metal combustion research; 5. Summary and future recommendations; Chapter 7. Microgravity Combustion for Materials Synthesis; 1. Introduction; 2. Condensed-phase combustion synthesis (CCS and SHS)

3. Gas-phase combustion synthesis4. Concluding remarks; Chapter 8. Combustion Technology and Fire Safety for Human-crew Space Missions; 1. Introduction; 2. Fire prevention in spacecraft; 3. Fires and flame spread in low gravity; 4. Fire detection; 5. Fire control and suppression; 6. Combustion and fire in martian and lunar missions; 7. Concluding remarks; Index; Colour Plate Section

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-01890-2

9786611018900

0-08-054997-7

OCLC:

476087175