FLAME SPREAD OVER A FLAT, COMBUSTIBLE, THERMALLY THICK SOLID IN AN OPPOSED OXIDIZER SHEAR-FLOW

In this article we examine the spread of a flame along a flat, combust ible, thermally thick solid against an opposed shear flow resembling a fluid-dynamic boundary layer. The model of [7, 8] is reexamined to pr oduce a correlation formula, with all parameters fixed and determined. The parameters of the correlation substantially corroborate previous results. The flame-spread models considered here assume infinitely fas t kinetics; these are called heat transfer models. The implications fo r the general problem with finite-rate chemistry are discussed. (C) 19 98 by The Combustion Institute.