Citation
Sánchez Tarifa, Carlos and Liñán Martínez, Amable and Salvá Monfort, José Juan and Corchero Díaz, Gregorio and López Juste, Gregorio and Esteban, F.
(1989).
Heterogeneous combustion processes under microgravity conditions.
In:
"Combustion experiments during KC-135 parabolic flight".
ESA SP
(1113).
European Space Agency, Paris, pp. 53-64.
ISBN 9290920084.
Abstract
An experimental programme on flame spreading over the surface of PMMA (plexiglass) samples has been conducted under microgravity conditions in the NASA KC-135 aircraft laboratory.
A few experiments (three) were conducted in 1986 under the preceding contract no. 6284/85/F/FL, but the largest part of the experimental programme has been carried out under the present contract in two parabolic flights campaigns.
A total of 36 experiments were performed, most of them successful. From the results of these experiments the flame-spreading velocities over PMMA samples have been obtained, as well as their laws of variation with pressure and mixture composition. Both cylindrical (axial symmetry) and flat (bidimensional symmetry) samples have been investigated.
