Experimental investigation on the burning and pulsation characteristics of propane and methane diffusion flames under wind environments

K Zhao, W Chen, T Cui, S Li, Y Zhou, Z Wang - … Communications in Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
The evolution of flame centerline trajectory and pulsation frequency for diffusion flames
under wind environments are thoroughly investigated in this paper. The combustion …

Upward flame spread over discrete thick fuels under mixed convection flow

Y Zhang, J Fang, F Tian, L Song, AV Singh - Fire Safety Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, flame spread over a vertically oriented discrete fuel array is investigated
experimentally under mixed-convective flow conditions, using polymethyl methacrylate …

Effect of freestream turbulence on the structure of boundary-layer flames

X Ren, X Ju, MJ Gollner - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates the role of turbulence induced instabilities on three-dimensional
boundary-layer flames. Boundary-layer diffusion flames under 0.99–2.43 m/s crossflow …

Horizontal solid burning under laminar forced convection and turbulent buoyant convection with an unheated segment

Y Zhang, J Fang, R Tu, L Song, AV Singh - … Communications in Heat and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effect of an unheated starting length, L 0 varying between 0 and 30 cm, on
the burning and heat transfer characteristics over a horizontal Poly (methyl methacrylate) flat …

Heat transfer in wind-driven fires stabilized under a mixed-convective turbulent flow environment

A Srivastava, S Kumar, AV Singh - Fire Safety Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
This study experimentally investigates the heat flux distribution over a horizontally placed
condensed fuel surface under mixed-convective turbulent flow conditions. The study …

Transient horizontal flame spread under non-steady concurrent airflow

P Pinto, X Xi, A Miska, M Thomsen, JL Urban - Fire Safety Journal, 2025 - Elsevier
The transient horizontal flame spread over thin black cast polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)
sheets under non-steady airflow profiles is examined experimentally. The horizontal flame …

Burning process over a thermally thick material with varying unheated lengths under forced airflow

Y Zhang, J Fang, L Song, AV Singh - Fire Safety Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper studied the effects of an unheated segment on solid burning under laminar
forced flow, where both experimental and theoretical analysis of the burning behavior of a …

Experimental investigation of flame morphology and instabilities in turbulent wind-driven flames

A Srivastava, BV Sandeep, AV Singh - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effect of freestream turbulence on flame profile parameters and
streak behavior for boundary layer flames stabilized over a liquid fuel-soaked wick. In …

Experimental study of the effect of unheated starting segment upon flame spread over solid fuel under forced airflow

Y Zhang, J Fang, R Tu, L Song, AV Singh - Fire Safety Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, to quantify the effects of an unheated starting length on the wind-driven
flame spread rates, the flow field structure and flame characteristics over a horizontally …

Local Burning Behavior of Wind-Driven Flames under the Influence of Mixed-Convective Turbulent Flow Conditions

A Srivastava, AV Singh - Combustion Science and Technology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Experiments were conducted to investigate the burning behavior of wind-driven turbulent
flames stabilized over a condensed fuel surface. A controlled turbulent crossflow …