Issue 1/2020
Special Issue: Spacecraft Fire Safety
Content (19 Articles)
Introduction to Special Issue on Spacecraft Fire Safety
Xinyan Huang, Yuji Nakamura, David Urban
Flame Growth Around a Spherical Solid Fuel in Low Speed Forced Flow in Microgravity
Makoto Endo, James S. T’ien, Paul V. Ferkul, Sandra L. Olson, Michael C. Johnston
Radiation from Flames in a Microgravity Environment: Experimental and Numerical Investigations
L. Carmignani, K. Dong, S. Bhattacharjee
Concurrent Flame Spread Over Two-Sided Thick PMMA Slabs in Microgravity
Sandra L. Olson, David L. Urban, Gary A. Ruff, Paul V. Ferkul, Balazs Toth, Christian Eigenbrod, Florian Meyer, Grunde Jomaas
Opposed Flame Spread over Cylindrical PMMA Under Oxygen-Enriched Microgravity Environment
Chuanjia Wu, Xinyan Huang, Shuangfeng Wang, Feng Zhu, Yongli Yin
Flame Spread Over Ultra-thin Solids: Effect of Area Density and Concurrent-Opposed Spread Reversal Phenomenon
Anthony Vetturini, Wohan Cui, Ya-Ting Liao, Sandra Olson, Paul Ferkul
Opposed Flame Spread over Polyethylene Under Variable Flow Velocity and Oxygen Concentration in Microgravity
Yoshinari Kobayashi, Kaoru Terashima, Muhammad Arif Fahmi bin Borhan, Shuhei Takahashi
Opposed-Flow Flame Spread and Extinction in Electric Wires: The Effects of Gravity, External Radiant Heat Flux, and Wire Characteristics on Wire Flammability
Yusuke Konno, Yoshinari Kobayashi, Carlos Fernandez-Pello, Nozomu Hashimoto, Shinji Nakaya, Mitsuhiro Tsue, Osamu Fujita
Effect of Ignition Condition on the Extinction Limit for Opposed Flame Spread Over Electrical Wires in Microgravity
Masashi Nagachi, Fumiya Mitsui, Jean-Marie Citerne, Hugo Dutilleul, Augustin Guibaud, Grunde Jomaas, Guillaume Legros, Nozomu Hashimoto, Osamu Fujita
Relationship Between Blow-Off Behavior and Limiting Oxygen Concentration in Microgravity Environments of Flame Retardant Materials
Shuhei Takahashi, Kaoru Terashima, Muhammad Arif Fahmi bin Borhan, Yoshinari Kobayashi
Experimental Evaluation of Flame Radiative Feedback: Methodology and Application to Opposed Flame Spread Over Coated Wires in Microgravity
Augustin Guibaud, Jean-Marie Citerne, Jean-Louis Consalvi, Osamu Fujita, Jose Torero, Guillaume Legros
Applicability of a Low-Pressure Environment to Investigate Smoldering Behavior Under Microgravity
Takuya Yamazaki, Tsuneyoshi Matsuoka, Yutao Li, Yuji Nakamura
Methodology to Achieve Pseudo 1-D Combustion System of Polymeric Materials Using Low-Pressured Technique
Tatsuya Migita, Takumi Yamahata, Patrick Strempfl, Tsuneyoshi Matsuoka, Yuji Nakamura
Buoyancy Effect on Downward Flame Spread Over PMMA Cylinders
Maria Thomsen, Carlos Fernandez-Pello, Xinyan Huang, Sandra Olson, Paul Ferkul
Study on Fingering Pattern of Spreading Flame Over Non-charring Solid in a Narrow Space
Tsuneyoshi Matsuoka, Akihiro Yoshimasa, Masashi Masuda, Yuji Nakamura
Soot Production and Radiative Heat Transfer in Opposed Flame Spread over a Polyethylene Insulated Wire in Microgravity
A. Guibaud, J. L. Consalvi, J. M. Orlac’h, J. M. Citerne, G. Legros
A Review of Fundamental Combustion Phenomena in Wire Fires
Xinyan Huang, Yuji Nakamura
Novel Fire Extinguisher Method Using Vacuuming Force Applicable to Space Habitats
Yuji Nakamura, Taichi Usuki, Kaoru Wakatsuki