Burning of solids in oxygen-rich environments in normal and reduced gravity [PDF]
An experimental program was conducted to investigate the combustion characteristics of solids burning in a weightless environment. The combustion characteristics of thin cellulose acetate material were obtained from specimens burned in supercritical as ...
Andracchio, C. R., Cochran, T. H.
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Transient combustion responses of homogeneous propellants to acoustic oscillations in axisymmetric rocket motors [PDF]
, 1997 A numerical analysis of unsteady motions in solid rocket motors has been conducted. The formulation considers a 2-D axisymmetric combustion chamber and a choke nozzle, and treats the complete conservation equations accounting for turbulence closure ...
Culick, F. E. C., Roh, T. S.
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Case Studies in Thermal EngineeringIn this study, the thermal decomposition characteristics of high-global-warming-potential (GWP) greenhouse gases (N2O and NF3) and the associated NOX emission behaviors were experimentally investigated under methane/hydrogen diffusion flame conditions ...
Sumin Song +4 more
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Diffusion flame extinction in slow convenctive flow under microgravity environment [PDF]
A theoretical analysis is presented to study the extinction characteristics of a diffusion flame near the leading edge of a thin fuel plate in slow, forced convective flows in a microgravity environment.
Chen, C. H.
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Optimizing wavelet neural networks using modified cuckoo search for multi-step ahead chaotic time series prediction [PDF]
, 2019 Determining the optimal number of hidden nodes and their proper initial locations are essentially crucial before the wavelet neural networks (WNNs) start their learning process.
Huda A. Majid +6 more
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Development, qualification, and delivery of a hydrogen burnoff igniter [PDF]
The hydrogen burnoff igniter, a pyrotechnic device used to burn off excess hydrogen gas near the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) nozzle, was designed, fabricated, and qualified.
Ray, D.
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Pengaruh Penambahan LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) Pada Proses Pembakaran Premixed Uap Minyak Jarak Pagar (Jatropha Curcas L.) Terhadap Warna Dan Temperatur Api [PDF]
, 2016 This study was conducted to determine the effect of the addition of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to the premixed combustion characteristics of Jatropha oil vapor. Combustion characteristics studied were the color of fire and flame temperature.
Riwu, D. B. (Defmit)
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Flame Characteristics of Gasoline and a Water-in-Gasoline Mixture under a Controllable High-Temperature Thermal Atmosphere. [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2022 Wu Z, Yu Y, Xie W, Liu Y, Hou X.
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Contributions of Microgravity Test Results to the Design of Spacecraft Fire Safety Systems [PDF]
Experiments conducted in spacecraft and drop towers show that thin-sheet materials have reduced flammability ranges and flame-spread rates under quiescent low-gravity environments (microgravity) as compared to normal gravity.
Friedman, Robert, Urban, David L.
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The Effects of CO2 Additional on Flame Characteristics in the CH4/N2/O2 Counterflow Diffusion Flame. [PDF]
Molecules, 2021 Chen Y, Wang J, Zhang X, Li C.
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