Radiative ignition of combustible materials. I: Polymeric materials undergoing nonflaming thermal degradation—the critical storage problem. (English) Zbl 1042.80501
Summary: The critical storage problem for a self-heating combustible material exposed to an external radiative heat source is investigated. The reaction kinetics are defined in terms of a characteristic temperature and an activation energy, linking small-scale experimental techniques to medium-scale flammability tests. The model is nondimensionalised in such a way that material properties of fundamental interest are retained as distinct continuation parameters.
MSC:
| 80A25 | Combustion |
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