TY - GEN
T1 - Effects of inclination on upward flame spread
AU - Gollner, Michael J.
AU - Huang, Xinyan
AU - Rangwala, Ali S.
AU - Williams, Forman A.
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - A thermally thick slab of polymethyl methacrylate was used to study the effects of the inclination of a fuel surface on upward flame spread. While investigation of upward flame spread over solid fuels has typically been restricted to an upright configuration, inclination of the fuel surface from the vertical is a common configuration that has not yet been adequately addressed. By performing experiments on a 10 cm wide by 20 cm tall polymethyl methacrylate fuel it has been found that the maximum flame spread rate, occurring in a vertical configuration, does not correspond with the maximum fuel mass-loss rate, occurring closer to a horizontal configuration. A detailed study of both flame spread and steady burning on this fuel surface along angles of inclination has revealed the influence of buoyancy-induced flows modifying the heat flux profile ahead of the flame front, which controls flame spread, and the influence of the heat flux to the surface of the fuel, which controls fuel mass-loss rates.
AB - A thermally thick slab of polymethyl methacrylate was used to study the effects of the inclination of a fuel surface on upward flame spread. While investigation of upward flame spread over solid fuels has typically been restricted to an upright configuration, inclination of the fuel surface from the vertical is a common configuration that has not yet been adequately addressed. By performing experiments on a 10 cm wide by 20 cm tall polymethyl methacrylate fuel it has been found that the maximum flame spread rate, occurring in a vertical configuration, does not correspond with the maximum fuel mass-loss rate, occurring closer to a horizontal configuration. A detailed study of both flame spread and steady burning on this fuel surface along angles of inclination has revealed the influence of buoyancy-induced flows modifying the heat flux profile ahead of the flame front, which controls flame spread, and the influence of the heat flux to the surface of the fuel, which controls fuel mass-loss rates.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84943513800
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:84943513800
T3 - Fall Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute 2011, WSS/CI 2011 Fall Meeting
SP - 648
EP - 657
BT - Fall Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute 2011, WSS/CI 2011 Fall Meeting
PB - Western States Section/Combustion Institute
T2 - Fall Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute 2011, WSS/CI 2011
Y2 - 17 October 2011 through 18 October 2011
ER -