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Volume 56, Issue 1

January 2020

Special Issue: Spacecraft Fire Safety

Issue Editors:

Yuji Nakamura,
David Urban,
Xinyan Huang

19 articles in this issue

Introduction to Special Issue on Spacecraft Fire Safety
Xinyan Huang
Yuji Nakamura
David Urban
Editorial 06 January 2020 Pages: 1 - 4
Flame Growth Around a Spherical Solid Fuel in Low Speed Forced Flow in Microgravity
Makoto Endo
James S. T’ien
Michael C. Johnston
OriginalPaper 23 April 2019 Pages: 5 - 32
Radiation from Flames in a Microgravity Environment: Experimental and Numerical Investigations
L. Carmignani
K. Dong
S. Bhattacharjee
OriginalPaper 28 June 2019 Pages: 33 - 47
Concurrent Flame Spread Over Two-Sided Thick PMMA Slabs in Microgravity
Sandra L. Olson
David L. Urban
Grunde Jomaas
OriginalPaper 23 April 2019 Pages: 49 - 69
Opposed Flame Spread over Cylindrical PMMA Under Oxygen-Enriched Microgravity Environment
Chuanjia Wu
Xinyan Huang
Yongli Yin
OriginalPaper 17 August 2019 Pages: 71 - 89
Flame Spread Over Ultra-thin Solids: Effect of Area Density and Concurrent-Opposed Spread Reversal Phenomenon
Anthony Vetturini
Wohan Cui
Paul Ferkul
OriginalPaper 10 June 2019 Pages: 91 - 111
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Editor’s choice
Opposed Flame Spread over Polyethylene Under Variable Flow Velocity and Oxygen Concentration in Microgravity
Yoshinari Kobayashi
Kaoru Terashima
Shuhei Takahashi
OriginalPaper 26 April 2019 Pages: 113 - 130
Opposed-Flow Flame Spread and Extinction in Electric Wires: The Effects of Gravity, External Radiant Heat Flux, and Wire Characteristics on Wire Flammability
Yusuke Konno
Yoshinari Kobayashi
Osamu Fujita
OriginalPaper 30 November 2019 Pages: 131 - 148
Effect of Ignition Condition on the Extinction Limit for Opposed Flame Spread Over Electrical Wires in Microgravity
Masashi Nagachi
Fumiya Mitsui
Osamu Fujita
OriginalPaper 25 April 2019 Pages: 149 - 168
Relationship Between Blow-Off Behavior and Limiting Oxygen Concentration in Microgravity Environments of Flame Retardant Materials
Shuhei Takahashi
Kaoru Terashima
Yoshinari Kobayashi
OriginalPaper 13 June 2019 Pages: 169 - 183
Experimental Evaluation of Flame Radiative Feedback: Methodology and Application to Opposed Flame Spread Over Coated Wires in Microgravity
Augustin Guibaud
Jean-Marie Citerne
Guillaume Legros
OriginalPaper 13 April 2019 Pages: 185 - 207
Applicability of a Low-Pressure Environment to Investigate Smoldering Behavior Under Microgravity
Takuya Yamazaki
Tsuneyoshi Matsuoka
Yuji Nakamura
OriginalPaper 30 September 2019 Pages: 209 - 228
Methodology to Achieve Pseudo 1-D Combustion System of Polymeric Materials Using Low-Pressured Technique
Tatsuya Migita
Takumi Yamahata
Yuji Nakamura
OriginalPaper 08 June 2019 Pages: 229 - 245
Buoyancy Effect on Downward Flame Spread Over PMMA Cylinders
Maria Thomsen
Carlos Fernandez-Pello
Paul Ferkul
OriginalPaper 13 May 2019 Pages: 247 - 269
Study on Fingering Pattern of Spreading Flame Over Non-charring Solid in a Narrow Space
Tsuneyoshi Matsuoka
Akihiro Yoshimasa
Yuji Nakamura
OriginalPaper 24 April 2019 Pages: 271 - 286
Soot Production and Radiative Heat Transfer in Opposed Flame Spread over a Polyethylene Insulated Wire in Microgravity
A. Guibaud
J. L. Consalvi
G. Legros
OriginalPaper 29 March 2019 Pages: 287 - 314
A Review of Fundamental Combustion Phenomena in Wire Fires
Xinyan Huang
Yuji Nakamura
Invited Paper 30 October 2019 Pages: 315 - 360
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Fire Science Reviews
Novel Fire Extinguisher Method Using Vacuuming Force Applicable to Space Habitats
Yuji Nakamura
Taichi Usuki
Kaoru Wakatsuki
OriginalPaper 16 April 2019 Pages: 361 - 384
Extinguishing Characteristics of a Pool Fire with a Rubber Balloon Filled with Inert Gases
Hiroyuki Torikai
OriginalPaper 18 November 2019 Pages: 385 - 399