TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - One-sided flame spread phenomena of a thermally thin composite cotton/fiberglass fabric
JO  - Fire and materials
A1  - Kleinhenz, J
A1  - Ferkul, P
A1  - Pettegrew, R
A1  - Sacksteder, KR
A1  - T'Ien, JS
SP  - 27
EP  - 37
VL  - 29
IS  - 1
N2  - As an experimental necessity. past flame spread studies have relied on fast burning cellulosic papers.. For the longer duration tests planned for the International Space Station a 50% fiberglass. 50% cotton composite fabric is better suited for the novel fuel feeding system in the compact hardware design of a Current microgravity combustion experiment. The fabric's combustion characteristics in normal gravity include unexpected cases where a flame can be sustained on one side of the fuel. One-sided flames are smaller in size than their two-sided counterparts, and propagate at half the speed. Surface temperatur distributions were measured using infrared imaging and indicated a high temperature region caused by the non-flammable fiberglass. Breaching the fiberglass matrix made it possible for the flame to transfer to the other side of the fuel. suggesting that the fiberglass matrix acts as a flame arrester.<p />
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SN  - 0308-0501
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -