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Correlating Downward Flame Spread Rates for Thick Fuel Beds

R. A. ALTENKIRCH Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40506
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R. EICHHORN Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40506
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A. R. RIZVI Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40506
Pages 49-66 | Received 16 Feb 1982, Accepted 04 Nov 1982, Published online: 03 Apr 2007

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Jeff West, Matt King, Subrata Bhatiachar,Iee & Robert A. Altenkirch. (1997) Heat Transfer Pathways in Flame Spreading Over Thick Fuels as a Function of the Flame Spread Regime: Microgravity, Thermal, and Kinetic. Combustion Science and Technology 127:1-6, pages 119-140.
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M.Katherine Wolverton, Robert A. Altenkirch & Lin Tang. (1999) Implementing multi-step chemical kinetics models in opposed-flow flame spread over cellulose and a comparison to single-step chemistry. Combustion and Flame 118:1-2, pages 281-292.
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Subrata Bhattacharjee, Jeff West & Robert A. Altenkirch. (1996) Determination of the spread rate in opposed-flow flame spread over thick solid fuels in the thermal regime. Symposium (International) on Combustion 26:1, pages 1477-1485.
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D.B. Bullard, L. Tang, R.A. Altenkirch & S. Bhattacharjee. (1993) Unsteady flame spread over solid fuels in microgravity. Advances in Space Research 13:7, pages 171-184.
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R.A. Altenkirch & M. Vedha-Nayagam. (1989) Opposed-flow flame spread and extinction in mixed-convection boundary layers. Symposium (International) on Combustion 22:1, pages 1495-1500.
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N. N. Bakhman. (1987) Flame propagation along a fuel-oxidizer contact surface. Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves 23:2, pages 155-162.
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M. Vedha-Nayagam & R.A. Altenkirch. (1985) Backward Boundary layers in downward flame spread. Symposium (International) on Combustion 20:1, pages 1583-1590.
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H.-T. Loh & A.C. Fernandez-Pello. (1985) A study of the controlling mechanisms of flow assisted flame spread. Symposium (International) on Combustion 20:1, pages 1575-1582.
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