TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - Effect of air velocity on pyrolysis of fire retardant coatings exposed to air heated at controlled temperatures
JO  - Fire safety journal
A1  - Abdul, M
A1  - Bhatnagar, VM
A1  - Vergnaud, JM
SP  - 135
EP  - 140
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
N2  - A general model for the behavior of a fire retardant coating exposed to a flame or heated air is presented. Successive and simultaneous steps are considered: heat transfer by convection through air from the fire to the coating face; heat transfer by conduction through the coating followed by pyrolysis; the effect of air velocity responsible for the type of convention, motionless, laminar or turbulent; and the particular value of Nusselt number was shown to be of interest. The study was conducted for coatings of different thicknesses within the 80 - 320 micron range, when exposed to air heated with a logarithmic rate of increase in temperature.<p />
LA  - 
SN  - 0379-7112
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -