Microgravity combustion : fire in free fall /
This book provides an introduction to understanding combustion, the burning of a substance that produces heat and often light, in microgravity environments-i.e., environments with very low gravity such as outer space. Readers are presented with a compilation of worldwide findings from fifteen years...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego, California :
Academic Press,
©2001.
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Colección: | Combustion treatise.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Microgravity Combustion: Fire in Free Fall; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Basics of Microgravity Combustion; Chapter 2. Premixed-gas Flames; Chapter 3. Laminar and Turbulent Gaseous Diffusion Flames; Chapter 4. Microgravity Droplet Combustion; Chapter 5. Mechanisms of Flame Spread and Smolder Wave Propagation; Chapter 6. Metal Particle Combustion and Classification; Chapter 7. Microgravity Combustion for Materials Synthesis; Chapter 8. Combustion Technology and Fire Safety for Human-crew Space Missions; Index; Colour Plate Section.