Microgravity Combustion: Fire in Free Fall

Abstract

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 of research and experimental tests in various low-gravity environments, including drop towers, aircraft, and space. Microgravity Combustion is unique in that no other book reviews low- gravity combustion research in such a comprehensive manner. It provides an excellent introduction for those researc. 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.