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Forced Flow Flame Spreading Test: Preliminary Findings From the USMP-3 Shuttle MissionThe Forced Flow Flame spreading Test (FFFT) is a study of flame spreading over solid fuels in very low-speed air flows. The FFFT experiment is part of research entitled Solid Inflammability Boundary at Low Speeds, (SIBAL) intended for operations on the Space Station. In the FFFT experiment, a series of 15 experiments conducted aboard the space shuttle during the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-3) mission provided information about the structure and spreading characteristics of flames in low-speed, concurrent flows. The test samples included flat sheets of cellulose and cast cylinders of cellulose, burned in air at velocities of approximately 1 to 8 cm/sec. The test results have been successfully compared to theoretical predictions of the SIBAL program, a fundamentally based numerical simulation of concurrent flow flame spread. Additionally, some guidance for the design characteristics of the SIBAL flight experiment have been obtained including some verification of the theoretical predictions of flame size versus the required size of the SIBAL flow duct, and the effect of the presence of thermocouples in the vicinity of near-limit flames in microgravity.
Document ID
19990020831
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Sacksteder, Kurt R.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Greenberg, Paul S.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Pettegrew, Richard D.
(National Center for Microgravity Research on Fluids and Combustion Cleveland, OH United States)
Tien, James S.
(Case Western Reserve Univ. Cleveland, OH United States)
Ferkul, Paul V.
(National Center for Microgravity Research on Fluids and Combustion Cleveland, OH United States)
Shih, Hsin-Yi
(Case Western Reserve Univ. Cleveland, OH United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1998
Publication Information
Publication: Third United States Microgravity Payload: One Year Report
Subject Category
Inorganic And Physical Chemistry
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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